Researchers think a shipwreck off madagascar was a portuguese treasure ship captured by pirates in 1721. A shipwreck discovered during a search for dumped wartime ammunition in norway's lake mjøsa has been identified as a local føringsbåt from up to 700 years ago. New details of gold coins found off the coast of colombia around the world's richest shipwreck verify they are from the spanish galleon san josé, a treasure ship that sank in.
A new documentary explores the tragic final night of the rms titanic with the most detailed digital reconstruction of the ship ever created. But shipwrecks are as old as sea voyages, and sunken. The shipwreck is considered to be one of the richest in the world and has rested at the bottom of the caribbean sea since 1708.
Here's a look at shipwrecks from ancient times found around. The most famous shipwreck in history is probably the titanic, which lies on the seafloor in the north atlantic ocean.