A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, whe ...

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years." ...

They survived the fall of Bataan, endured years of Japanese captivity, and were crammed into the suffocating hold of a transport ship headed for forced labor in Japan. Then American bombs hit the ...

A treasure hunter who recovered millions of dollars worth of gold coins has been released from prison after 10 years, according to the Associated Press. Tommy Thompson, 73, was released from prison on ...

Florida's Treasure Coast, where ships sank with an estimated $400 million in gold, silver, jewels. Discover where to find ...

The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting Tehran’s claim the vessel was unarmed ...