Modern and accient lost ships 384 Ship Wreaks 2012-02-08T17:05:03 Mr Strange barry.david.adams@googlemail.com Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures of the Seven Seas : WET & HOT NEWS ! 2012-02-08T09:00:45

From Fox News - The interview news Treasure hunter claims discovery of $3 billion wreck... True story or hoax !??

cde29631543ac99b23a8bd45bb656626 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-08T01:10:51

Conservators, working at the Brandy Station Graffiti House in Virginia have peeled back the layers of paint to reveal the signatures of Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War. The circa-1858 structure is believed to have been used as a hospital by Confederate and Union forces during the war. For unknown reasons, patrons decided [...]

c8cc7105190f7282138e08dd6ff4a9c0 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-07T21:05:08

Archaeologists working in Pakistan have unearthed a seal featuring the image of an ibex which dates back to 2,500 B.C. The seal is almost square in shape and slightly broken on the right side but the figure of the ibex is almost intact. The muscles, genitalia, hooves and tail of the ibex were engraved artistically [...]

99cf954f2b6c672887740c44baf656d5 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-06T23:39:45

Remember that Viking axe I posted about last week? Turns out it was just an 18th century woodworking tool. Archaeologist Kurt Adams, from Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, said he went to see the find at Stroud Museum on Thursday. He said: “It’s definitely an 18th or 19th Century woodworking tool – a heavy duty [...]

fc63ab83030b124a71902a4f2125912c Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea 2012-02-06T22:01:45

It is easy to focus of the plight of the 34 dead or missing from the Costa Concordia.  Regrettably, these casualties have not been the only recent deaths on the water. The past week has been particularly brutal with ship and boat sinkings in … Continue reading →

a9134578d8a4f7b316979cc68d3a3155 Scuba.com Diving News and Resources 2012-02-06T21:12:15

: Diver : Name lexy Dive : Date february 4 2012 Dive : Location epcot Max : Depth 25 ft Total Bottom : Time 45 min . Notes : Comments it was amazing there were sharks stingrays and fish my size.im onlly12 but it was awesome.my dad found a stingray plate(tooth it was smooth.this was my second time and i mean at my age you dont get to do alot thanks for everyone thats why i got . certified : Votes 1 Vote for this entry View All Entries

b90d5e91c866656c53c4e931be34eb67 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-06T14:39:33

Underwater archaeologists are diving off the coast of North Carolina to investigate the WWII shipwrecks from the Battle of the Atlantic. During the first six months of 1942, German U-boats, often hunting in wolf packs, sank ship after ship just miles off the East Coast of the United States, concentrating their ambushes along North Carolina, [...]

74c74fe34f5bdd617617d2d3cfcff315 Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea 2012-02-06T13:02:07

We recently posted about a press release by Sub Sea Research (SSR) claiming to have located the wreck of a British cargo ship sunk in June 1942 by the German submarine U87. Sub Sea Research claims that the ship was carrying 70 tons of platinum … Continue reading →

92d3790d4c2e94439522ee4e2a473b73 Scuba.com Diving News and Resources 2012-02-05T22:59:00

: , Diver : Name Rayshawn Hill Dive : Date February 5, 2012 Dive : Location Decatur , GA Max : Depth 12 ft Total Bottom : Time 3 hrs Notes : Comments I really love to go underwater as long as I can just like the special forces in the us . army : Votes 0 Vote for this entry View All Entries

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: , Diver : Name Rayshawn Dive : Date 2-5-12 Dive : Location Decatur , GA Max : Depth 12ft Total Bottom : Time 3 hrs Notes : Comments I want to win a 100 gift card : Votes 1 Vote for this entry View All Entries

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: Diver : Name dean shuck Dive : Date Dive : Location Max : Depth 240 Total Bottom : Time 1 Notes : Comments 510 marie glassport pa 15045 : Votes 0 Vote for this entry View All Entries

e18536b2f1926dc5e788b0123f6b225b The History Blog 2012-02-05T04:57:06

In May of 2007, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a privately owned marine treasure-hunting company, discovered a Spanish shipwreck somewhere on the Atlantic seabed. Odyssey refused to divulge the exact location or the name of the ship. They ultimately recovered 17 tons of silver coins, plus almost 100,000 gold coins and a number of other artifacts from [...]

d2f125a385ac00a592323644d7e9667c Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea 2012-02-05T00:40:52

The officers and crew of the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship, MOL Summer, deserve a special commendation for their rescue of 116 people following the capsizing and sinking of the passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen off the coast of Papua New Guinea early Thursday. Eight merchant vessels assisted in … Continue reading →

d0d51eebae3a83f5fbf81aac017b543f Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea 2012-02-04T14:05:20

On Friday morning, a British passenger was seen falling overboard  fell from the balcony of his cruise ship cabin on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship,  the Allure of the Seas, while cruising off the coast of Mexico, near the island of Cozumel.  The Allure of the Seas with a capacity of … Continue reading →

a3f5ed7355e433a0c2fb7bff52ab61b7 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-03T22:22:55

A treasure hunter and his crew have found the wreckage of the SS Port Nicholson, and believe it may contains $3 billion worth of platinum. The merchant ship was sunk by a German U-boat back in 1942, but the British government says that it’s not so sure that it actually contained the treasure — thought [...]

74b5cd5ae27be8796222fa2e883674e6 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-03T16:56:09

A substantial piece of the Jennie and Annie, a schooner which sank 140 years ago, has washed ashore on a Lake Michigan beach. Sleeping Bear Dunes historians believe the schooner fragment, estimated to be about 40-feet long and peppered with twisted metals spikes, is part of the ship’s bilge keelsons, which the Oxford Handbook of [...]

8450d3c8da0b0fafe459b4e5aee317ce A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-03T14:55:05

A Viking axe head found in Gloucestershire may be evidence of a bloody battle fought 1,100 years ago. According to historians King Alfred the Great fought the Vikings in a bloody battle at Minchinhampton, about 10 miles from Slimbridge, in 894 AD. Three Viking princes were killed in the battle, and fighting could have ranged [...]

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Scuba Diving Event March 3: El Segundo, CA, USAwe are honored to have zale perry, pioneering lady diver, depth record holder, actress, stunt-woman, safety diver, scuba instructor, movie maker and accomplished underwater photographer, scuba equipment developer and world famous author. zale will be our guest speaker at our annual awards banquet saturday, march 3th, 2012. mark your calendars and dont miss this exciting presentation!

fdb12a37b88ebe05a285692f9df004f7 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-02T16:26:02

A number of Japanese land mines installed during WWII have been found dotting the coastline of Kawit Island in the Philippines. Bersales related that at the Talisay City landing on March 26, 1945, the American forces were surprised that there was no resistance or gunfire from the beach. But the coastline was lined with land [...]

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: Diver : Name kristian king Dive : Date Dive : Location key west Max : Depth 20 . ft Total Bottom : Time Notes : Comments love diving wish i could do more often : Votes 1 Vote for this entry View All Entries

f529e7bdbf064fa7adbec76beb62f4ae A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-01T21:30:54

A Byzantine cemetery in Istanbul’s Çatalca district has been repeatedly plundered for years. Who knows what history has been lost as a result? “Grave diggers have swarmed into the region when the excavation work in the cemetery came to an end in 1995 upon the order of the Archeology Museum. Unlicensed excavations take place inside [...]

ef7ec5ef19d99509e8ef89ba9373a389 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-01T19:27:23

This week Germany returned some ancient artifacts that were looted from Afghanistan’s National Museum during their civil war. “This is a masterpiece … I am optimistic that in the future we will get the other artefacts back,” said Omara Khan Massoudi, the director of Afghanistan’s National Museum, which housed the sculpture before it was stolen. [...]

3399a4c795a278bf4381136c3a1dce9d A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-01T16:25:21

A stone road which dates back to the 14th century has been found outside of the Ho Citadel in Vietnam. The 2km road linking the citadel’s southern gate with the Nam Giao worship platform has been described as the “most beautiful old stone road ever built in the country”. Archaeologists excavated a total area of [...]

830e1892642a4f4ecb3031c91ede7571 A Blog About History - History News 2012-02-01T14:23:48

The remains of 17 women killed under General Francisco Franco’s regime in 1937 are being exhumed from a mass grave in Spain. Since the exhumation began last week, the remains of 14 of the 17 women have been discovered at the cemetery in the southwestern town of Gerena, said 25-year-old Lucia Socam, whose great-aunt Granada [...]

c2ed589742b5bed75138977bba87f797 A Blog About History - History News 2012-01-31T14:18:11

A kiln which was used by the Zapotec 1,300 years ago has been found in the Atzompa Archaeology Site in Oaxaca, Mexico. “Preliminarily, it was assumed that it might date from the first occupation years of the site, between 650 and 900 of the Common Era, more than 1,300 years ago, parting from associated ceramic [...]

c322ec46ccdbf1cd4f214f40f741a453 A Blog About History - History News 2012-01-30T21:46:35

Ancient pottery and artifacts have been uncovered on the island of Tinian which could help researchers learn how people first came to the area. As the theory goes, about 3,000 to 3,500 years ago, sea levels around Asia began to drop, Peterson said. The main road in Tumon, for example, would have been completely under [...]

112c298399d116119ab31673988ab211 A Blog About History - History News 2012-01-30T19:41:50

Prostate cancer has been discovered in an Egyptian mummy which dates back 2,200 years. AUC professor Salima Ikram, a member of the team that studied the mummy in Portugal for two years, said Sunday the mummy was of a man who died in his forties. She said this was the second oldest known case of [...]

af7d97ba2d7b2d8f9139c81c9aac7ffa A Blog About History - History News 2012-01-30T15:00:11

LiveScience has posted an interesting article about how archaeologists are using digital technologies to document excavations. In previous eras, researchers logged their data in notebooks, which were preserved along with photographs, maps and objects, in a physical archive. Rabinowitz can still access the notebooks and negatives of people who conducted research more than a hundred [...]

62d78213ed4fc214d3a17a14bd8f89cc Medieval Material Culture Blog 2012-01-27T05:00:56

Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy is at the Palazzo Reale in Milan through May 8.

922723d9c2cf6717222a556f4e5cf5b9 Medieval Material Culture Blog 2012-01-21T07:00:04

“The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy,” consisting of forty sculptures from the tomb of Jean sans Peur (John the Fearless), the second Duke of Burgundy, will be at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts through April 15.

75c8ec74d9b174bbf4b21e0e2f4a81c5 SailTime Channel Islands Blog 2012-01-15T11:48:16

Late in this past Thursday’s sun-drenched afternoon, the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain arrived in Ventura County’s Channel Islands Harbor, following their passage north from Oceanside Harbor. Both ships finalized their arrival with single shot cannon salutes, their reports echoing through the harbor. The two, full-scale reproduction tall ships are here as part of [...]

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