A geologist checking drainage pumps at a Namibian diamond mine bent down in April 2008 to examine a curious metal disc poking through the sand. It turned out to be a 500-year-old copper ingot stamped ...

After 16 years of searching, archaeologists have uncovered a legendary pirate treasure worth over $138 million off the coast of Madagascar. It all began in 1721, when the Portuguese ship Nossa Senhora ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: • Researchers discovered a heavily armed 18th-century Barbary corsair ship between Morocco and Spain, the first of its kind found in the region's ...