Deep rift over Titanic treasure
Updated: 2011-12-31 11:37:18
By Rhys Blakely - The Australian
A planned auction of Titanic treasures could finally settle the matter of who owns the fortune yielded by history's ...-
By Rhys Blakely - The Australian
A planned auction of Titanic treasures could finally settle the matter of who owns the fortune yielded by history's ...
gCaptain’s TOP TEN Articles of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-30 22:20:29
2011 has been a crazy year in the maritime and offshore industry and I think this years top ten list is proof to that. Since the list is by number [...]EDA-R : New French Navy Landing Craft
Updated: 2011-12-30 18:37:13A few days ago we posted about the boats Washington used to cross the Delaware. Designs have changed since then, Here is a wonderful animation by Raphaël Pierrot of the new French Navy landing craft, the engin de débarquement amphibie rapide … Continue reading →Sea Shepherd Vessel Severely Damaged and in Distress
Updated: 2011-12-30 17:01:30I admit that car racing, whether NASCAR or Formula 1 is a very technical and demanding sport, I mostly watched only to see the wrecks that occurred during a race. [...]Top 10 Maritime Incidents of 2011 – Photos and Video
Updated: 2011-12-30 16:44:54
gCaptain’s Top 10 Photos and Video of Maritime Disaster and Destruction in 2011 1. Sailboat Dismasted by Tanker During the Extreme Racing series at Cowes Week, a sailboat made [...]Sea Shepherd’s New Speed Boat, Brigitte Bardot, Broken by the Southern Ocean
Updated: 2011-12-30 01:37:21
The reality TV stars, the Sea Shepherds, took their newest speed boat, the Brigitte Bardot, out on the Southern Ocean recently, which proved to be more than it could handle. The Brigitte Bardot reportedly cracked its main hull and severely damaged the port … Continue reading →New Masts for the Schooner Virginia
Updated: 2011-12-30 01:37:20In 2009, the non profit foundation that owns the schooner Virginia, the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation, ran out of cash. Burdened with $1.6 million of debt, they were forced to lay up the schooner. Now, the outlook for the schooner … Continue reading →America’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Ships of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-29 08:37:19Joe Follansbee at the Fyddeye Guides has compiled a list of America’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Ships of 2011 to help raise awareness of the risk that these historic treasures may not be around much longer if something isn’t done. One might … Continue reading →Camaro Demo 3mm Super-Stretch Mono Mundaka Shorty Wetsuit - $48.95
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Updated: 2011-12-28 21:10:32
A 1,700-year-old curse tablet written in ancient Greek has been translated. A fiery ancient curse inscribed on two sides of a thin lead tablet was meant to afflict, not a king or pharaoh, but a simple greengrocer selling fruits and vegetables some 1,700 years ago in the city of Antioch, researchers find. Written in Greek, [...]Unnamed civilization’s tombs found in Panama
Updated: 2011-12-28 16:20:26
This is a super interesting find: Archaeologists working in Central America have found tombs from an unnamed civilization currently known at the “Golden Chiefs”. The team also uncovered a grisly clue as to how the apparent sacrifices might have met their fates, though forensic analysis is still underway. “A vessel full of bones of a [...]Update: Repairs Underway to Russian Fishing Vessel Sparta with Help from Korean Icebreaker Araon
Updated: 2011-12-28 15:37:18The Russian fishing vessel Sparta, which was holed by ice below the waterline in the Ross Sea off Antarctica on December 16th and has been trapped in the ice for over ten days, is now undergoing temporary repairs. On Monday, … Continue reading →Pillar collapses in Pompeii garden
Updated: 2011-12-28 14:32:07
A pillar has collapsed at the ancient House of Loreius Tiburtinus in Pompeii. The House of Loreius Tiburtinus is famous for its extensive gardens and outdoor ornamentation, in particular its Euripi, fountains that feature many frescoes and statuettes. The frescoes portray the myths of Narcissus on one side of the fountain and Pyramus and Thisbe [...]XS Scuba Demo Diving Weight Belt with Clearpath Buckle and 4 Weight Keepers - $9.95
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Updated: 2011-12-28 07:02:40Shipping Rates Security Privacy Order Status My Account Wish List Cart Call our certified SCUBA instructors 800-34-SCUBA 7 days 8AM 6PM PST Price Protection Full Warranties Scuba Resources Happy Customers Search No Sales Tax 150 Price Protection Full Manufacturer's Warranty Scuba Equipment Packages Personal Gear Packages Diving Systems Camera Packages Snorkeling Packages Wetsuit Packages Product Categories Bags Books Videos and CDs Boots Buoyancy Compensators Cameras Clips and Reels Closeouts Clothing Communication Compressors Computers Dive Skins Dry Boxes Dry Suits Fins Free Diving Gauges Gift Certificate Gift Items Gloves Hood Hookah Systems Kayaks Kidz Gear Knives Lights Masks Miscellaneous Octos Spare Air Regulators Safety First Aid Scooters Snorkels Spearguns Surfing Swimming TanksScuba Diving Log Book Entry: florida
Updated: 2011-12-28 03:31:02: Diver : Name debbie hodgdon Dive : Date Dive : Location florida Max : Depth Total Bottom : Time Notes : Comments awesome marine biology future career : Votes 2 Vote for this entry View All EntriesA Short Sea Voyage for the not yet Tall Ship, Oliver Hazard Perry
Updated: 2011-12-27 17:26:29
More progress in the completion of Rhode Island’s tall ship, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. The not yet tall ship was recently launched at Sims Metal Management in Providence and towed to Senesco Marine in North Kingstown to continue construction, including … Continue reading →The Long Strange Voyage of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, Johnny Vasco da Gama
Updated: 2011-12-27 17:26:27
In 2008, a young Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed up, stranded, in the Netherlands. Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest and rarest of all sea turtles and are a critically endangered species. The Kemp’s ridley turtles typically live in the warm waters of the Gulf … Continue reading →Sparta Rescue in Ross Sea Delayed by Sister Ship
Updated: 2011-12-26 07:26:30The plan was for the South Korean icebreaker Araon accompanied by the fishing vessel Chiyo Maru No 3 to break through the ice to reach the stricken Russian fishing vessel Sparta today on Christmas Day. The Sparta was holed below … Continue reading →Byzantine-era bathhouse unearthed in Israel
Updated: 2011-12-23 16:30:21
Archaeologists working in Israel have unearthed a 1,600-year-old bathhouse. “This is a bathhouse that measures 20 by 20 meters and dates to the fourth-fifth centuries CE (A.D.),” excavation director Rina Avner said. “The remains visible in the field include the frigidarium (cold room), tepidarium (warm room) and caldarium (hot room), as well as a courtyard [...]Four treasure hunters arrested in Bulgaria
Updated: 2011-12-23 14:25:25
Four looters have been arrested in southeastern Bulgaria after being caught digging illegally at an ancient Thracian burial mound. he four men were busted while excavating illegally at the mound, which does not lie far from the Bulgarian crossing on the Turkish border of Lesovo. The four treasure hunters are aged between 37 and 73 [...]Prehistoric settlement discovered in Serbia
Updated: 2011-12-23 00:10:48
A prehistoric settlement which dates back to the Iron Age has been found at Bare, in southern Serbia. Due to torrential waters and intensive agriculture at the location, the multilayer site Bare is now largely destroyed. “Had the site been investigated in the sixties of the last century, the archaeologist’s findings would have been far [...]Remains of Jane Austen’s home unearthed
Updated: 2011-12-22 14:30:15
The remains of Jane Austen’s Steventon home, where she wrote drafts of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, have been unearthed in Hampshire, UK. Debbie Charlton, of archaeologists Archaeo Briton, who led the dig, said: “Our main focus for the project is putting together the puzzle of what Jane’s first home was like.” Although [...]No king found in suspected king’s tomb
Updated: 2011-12-21 21:11:15
Archaeologists working in Stockholm, Sweden, have found the remains of nine people in a tomb previously thought to have belonged to King Magnus Ladulås who lived in the 13th century A.D. The Swedish King Magnus Ladulås (1240-1290 a.d.) is buried in the Riddarholmen church (Riddarholmskyrkan) in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. This is at least what everybody [...]Stonehenge stones linked to Wales
Updated: 2011-12-21 18:06:59
Researchers have confirmed the precise origin of some of the rocks at Stoneheneg to Pembrokeshire, Wales. It has long been suspected that rhyolites from the northern Preseli Hills helped build the monument. But research by National Museum Wales and Leicester University has identified their source to within 70m (230ft) of Craig Rhos-y-felin, near Pont Saeson. [...]Viking-era graves found in Poland
Updated: 2011-12-21 16:05:29
Archaeologists have unearthed several graves in a cemetery in Poland which contain all sorts of treasures and weapons. Archaeologists stumbled upon the cemetery, which dates to the late 10th and early 11th centuries, after surveying a highway-construction site near the village of Bodzia, roughly 90 miles (150 kilometers) northwest of Warsaw. The find is reported [...]Tasmanian fossils identified for first time
Updated: 2011-12-20 20:08:39
The fossilized remains of a tusked, wombat-like creature found in Tasmania have been identified for the first time as a dicynodont. The dicynodont, similar to a mammal, lived about 250 million years ago, predating dinosaurs. The University of Tasmania unveiled the fossils and images yesterday for the first time, five years after bushwalkers Bob and [...]Caved-in wall threatens thai pagoda
Updated: 2011-12-20 17:04:52
Flooding from the Chao Phraya River has caused an old wall in the Temple of Dawn to partially cave in, threatening the temple’s main pagoda. The cave-in, about two metres in length and about half a metre wide, is no more than 10 metres from the main pagoda, assistant abbot Phra Khru Arun Thammanuwat said, [...]Humans had little to do with deliberately changing wolves into dogs
Updated: 2011-12-20 15:04:42
New research in canine science has revealed that the transition to dogs from wolves had little to do with human interference. “Traditional anthropological definitions of domestication consider the process to be a deliberate act of selection by humans,” the published study states. “However, this view has been challenged in recent years by the hypothesis that [...]17th century stone church found in Florida
Updated: 2011-12-19 21:17:15
The remains of a church which dates back to the late 17th century has been found in Florida. Now archaeologists are trying to determine if it is one of two possible churches. First, we know that in 1677, the governor of Florida ordered a stone church built in St Augustine to honor Nuestra Señora de [...]Bronze rooster found in Roman child’s grave
Updated: 2011-12-19 17:00:32
An 1,800-year-old bronze enamelled cockerel figurine has been found in a Roman child’s grave in Gloucestershire. It is thought the bronze cockerel, which is 12.5cm high, could have been a message to the gods. Archaeologist Neil Holbrook said it was a “most spectacular” find. The elaborately-decorated cockerel is believed to be Roman, probably dating back [...]Flood waters reveal 18th-century fort
Updated: 2011-12-15 18:27:15
Flood waters from Hurrican Irene have revealed an 18th century fort underneath a parking lot at the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in New York. Experts aren’t just interpreting the stone structures, but dozens of artifacts like cuff links, musket balls, and colonial coins made into jewelry. Plus, smoking pipes and wine bottles, all of [...]Ground-penetrating radar used to survey ancient city
Updated: 2011-12-15 16:23:20
Archaeologists are using ground-penetrating radar to survey the ancient city of Isos in Turkey. A team of archeologists has begun working on examining the site of the ancient city of Isos in southern Turkey by making use of ground-based sensors to visualize the underground features of the city’s structures, the district governor has said. skender [...]Teotihuacan’s original offering found at core of pyramid
Updated: 2011-12-15 14:23:05
In some exciting news, archaeologists believe they have found the original ceremonial offering placed at the Pyramid of the Sun before construction began. The offerings found at the base of the pyramid in the Teotihuacan ruin site just north of Mexico City include a green serpentine stone mask so delicately carved and detailed that archaeologists [...]8,900-year-old wooden pole found at bottom of lake
Updated: 2011-12-14 16:11:04
That title sounds pretty boring, but the real story is actually kind of interesting! An ancient pole has been found at the bottom of Lake Huron that may shed some like on a mysterious perhistoric period of North American history. Research divers from the University of Michigan discovered a 5 1/2-foot-long, pole-shaped piece of wood [...]Two arrested for illegally digging up bronze helmet
Updated: 2011-12-14 14:25:58
Two men in Greece have been arrested for illegally unearthing a 2,600-year-old helmet. The two Greek suspects were arrested on Thursday in the southern town of Pyrgos. Police say one of the men also had six antique silver coins in his house. Under Greek law, all antiquities found in the country are state property. That [...]Smithsonian’s CT scan man
Updated: 2011-12-13 20:19:18
The Washington Post has posted an interesting article about Bruno Frohlich, the man responsible for CT scan all sorts of amazing things at the Smithsonian Museum. “In the old days, 20 years ago, we would do an autopsy, cut the body open,” Frohlich says of studying mummies. No need for such destructive science now. Just [...]6,000-year-old figurine found in Neolithic kiln
Updated: 2011-12-13 15:59:30
A Neolithic “earth mother” figurine, dubbed the “Lady of Villers-Carbonnel” has been found on the banks of the River Somme in France. The 6,000-year-old statuette is 8in high, with imposing buttocks and hips but stubby arms and a cone-like head. Similar figures have been found before in Europe but rarely so far north and seldom [...]