"I feel like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," a Japanese researcher who confirmed the vessel told Newsweek in an exclusive interview.

When famed pirates overtook a Portuguese ship in 1721 once laden with treasure (now valued over $138 million), the battle ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Archaeologists think they have uncovered the wreck of a ship that fell victim to one of history's most notorious pirates ...

New research has claimed a sunken ship off the coast of Madagascar could be the long-lost Portuguese vessell the Archbishop ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 300-year-old shipwreck with a hoard of treasure, but the fate of the 200 slaves on board ...

Between the treasure value and the ransom money, the haul would have been an "eye-watering treasure, even by pirate standards ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, raising fears of renewed conflict in the vital ...

Marine archaeologists have identified what they believe to be a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates more than three ...

Researchers say they have discovered an 18th century shipwreck near Madagascar which is believed to be a Portuguese ship captured by pirates in 1721. The site of the wreckage off the coast of ...

This pirate's booty is the only legit, confirmed, documented treasure found on a sunken ship.

Marine archeologists will embark on a journey to unearth sunken pirate ships and treasure hidden in the Bahamian seabed, in the New Providence Pirates Expedition set for September.