The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire” by Julian Sancton tells the story of the history of ...

A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that has engulfed the wreck ever since ...

Three centuries later, the wreck of the San José has resurfaced at the centre of a global legal storm, as nations, ...

More than a decade after it was found, a centuries-old Spanish treasure ship worth billions remains nearly untouched on the seafloor while Spain, Colombia, Indigenous groups, and American booty ...

Cartagena's most famous relic is arguably a 300-year-old ship sitting two-thirds of a mile underwater—and at the center of a ...

Over 10 years after its initial discovery, “the greatest sunken treasure in the history of humanity” sits untouched at the ...

The world’s most coveted shipwreck is finally giving up its secrets. After centuries on the Caribbean seabed, the Spanish galleon San José has yielded its first cache of coins, cannon and artifacts, ...

After a 30-year search, Cuban American archaeologist and filmmaker Roger Dooley discovered the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, with a treasure worth billions. By Julian Sancton Senior Features Editor In the ...

The past has a remarkable habit of refusing to stay in the shadows. Every year, surprise findings and archaeological ...

Vincent never shrinks from depicting the industry’s top-to-bottom messiness and its stubborn resistance to change. Yet, like ...