Wreck of renowned British warship found in Channel – Yahoo! News
The AP, Discovery, and a slew of other media outlets are encouraging the world to go savage shipwrecks for booty. The “$hipwreck” headline at the New York Post this morning takes the cake.
Deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war [...]
Charlie Beeker finds Captain' Kidd shipwreck
Charlie was the instructor at IU who taught my open water diver class. I’ve dived with him a few times in the Keys, he’s a great guy and this is a great find.
Captain Kidd Ship Found | LiveScience
washpost frontpage on odyessey's quandry
somewhat sensational, but not completely unbalanced. still, it is the usual tone of ‘whoo hoo buried treasure.’ while jim delgado from INA is quoted in the piece, they didn’t really get into the treasure hunting vs. archaeology issue.
Will Finders Be Keepers of Salvaged Treasure? – washingtonpost.com
funny, they aren’t so kind to poachers. essentially the same [...]
noaa's deep diver
Bob Ballard is testing a system planned for use aboard NOAA’s new vessel Okeanos Explorer, scheduled to go to sea next year as the first U.S. government vessel dedicated to exploring unknown parts of the ocean.
NOAA vessel to explore undersea unknown – Yahoo! News
maine shipbuilding treasure troves in museums, libraries and attics
A LEGACY OF SHIPS: Shedding light on sunken treasures
Hatshepsut found and other Egyptology notes
Egyptologists think they have Hatshepsut’s mummy in a humble tomb in the Valley of the Kings. A news conference is scheduled for Wednesday.
Kind of ironic timing, we were just in Philly over the weekend where we saw the Tutankahamun exhibit at the Franklin Institute. It was mobbed and very dark, so our small kids didn’t [...]
rome reborn is excellent
this was announced officially on monday, but it has been one of those weeks and i just really got a chance to check it out. i worked a great deal in virtual visualization of archaeological reconstructions prior to opening the media chapter of my life. the field is really doing some spectacular things.
RomeReborn1.0
i hope the boy says treasure hunting is bad
Could boy archaeologist be next Harry Potter? – Yahoo! News
missing the boat: treasure hunting threatens a scarce resource
At the present rate of exploitation, models predict that all known shipwrecks will be looted in roughly 30 years. Six nations are still needed to ratify the UNESCO treaty to protect underwater cultural heritage in international waters.
Insider – Profiteers on the High Seas