NEW YORK (AP) — A solid gold chain and an intricate gold-and-enamel spoon are among items pulled from the wreckage of a 400-year-old Spanish galleon that will be auctioned off next month. Nuestra ...

A ship filled with billions of dollars worth of treasure sank off the coast of Colombia over 300 years ago, now the Colombian government approved a plan that will recover the sunk ship and all its ...

The San José galleon sank off the coast of Colombia in 1708 during a battle with British forces. It contained billions of dollars of treasures, by today's estimates. A legal battle over the rights to ...

In a twist of fate that echoes the colonial past, members of three South American indigenous communities are staking their claim to a share of the treasure from a Spanish galleon that sank off the ...

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has shelved a lawsuit against American treasure hunters that accused them of having destroyed an underwater archaeological site when they looted a sunken galleon for tons ...

The Colombian government is undertaking an unexpected line of work: treasure hunting. Colombian authorities officially launched the search for a treasure believed to be buried somewhere in the depths ...

A sunken ship described as being the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks” is set to be recovered by Colombia, even as claims as to who discovered the ship first are ongoing. President Gustavo Petro instructed ...

The object was found on the seafloor off Florida, near the wreck of a Spanish treasure galleon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

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Every hotel searches for a hook, for a way to capture customer interest and “wow” them. Some may have ghosts that can attract the curious. Every hotel searches for a hook, for a way to capture ...