From treasures tossed overboard to items that went down with entire ships, here are five incredible artifacts discovered in oceans, sinkholes, and lakes.

Colombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean ...

The discovery was made accidentally by a team of lucky underwater explorers.The SS Nemesis vanished, along with its 32 ...

Though it's unclear what, exactly, caused the merchant ship to sink, it's what was—and wasn't—found inside that counts. A 17-year-old sponge diver first discovered the sunken ship in 1982 ...

While some underwater discoveries are expected, like the remnants of a sunken ship, others turn out to be mysterious yet wondrous surprises. From shipwrecks of the Great Lakes to aircraft recoveries ...

It was Henley who spotted the sunken ship after a sonar device for fishing ... duo stumbled across what's left of the Newman. Henley's discovery made it possible for archaeologists to document ...

The huge number of finely carved columns, capitals, and other architectural elements were part of the cargo of a merchant ship sailing from the Aegean or Black Sea region that sank almost 2,000 ...

Using robots and a submarine, the Nautic Discovery team was able to take pictures and videos for the first time at the beginning of March of the Mercedes passenger ship, lying at a depth of 270 ...

They often find themselves working at the bottom of some of the Golden State’s most beloved bodies of water, from Lake ...

Martin said more discoveries are likely to be made ... recently shared a 3D digital model of the Oliver Mowat, a sunken three-masted wooden ship, that garnered thousands of shares on Facebook.

The San José’s discovery has been significant for Colombia because of the ship’s treasure of cultural and historical artifacts – and clues they may provide about Europe’s economic ...