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A Greek news web site has published excerpts from the depositions of two survivors of Wednesday’s deadly shipwreck off southwestern Greece. Source
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Two Survivors Of A Deadly Shipwreck Describe Their Ordeal To Greek Authorities
June 19th, 2023 
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No Comments »Film Footage Provides Intimate View of HMS Gloucester Shipwreck
February 28th, 2023 Awake Goy Archaeologists have been able to take a closer look at one of the United Kingdoms most famous shipwrecks. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology History Important Events Read Later Source
Rebuilding the Newport Ship: The Welsh Shipwreck Rivalling the Mary Rose
January 20th, 2023 Awake Goy In 2022, the Newport Ship was discovered in the River Usk near Newport in Wales. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
Two-month-old infant dies in migrant shipwreck off Lesbos
December 18th, 2022 Awake Goy The baby boy was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, coroner Theodoros Nousias said. Source
England’s Oldest Known Shipwreck Found, With A Morbid Cargo
July 21st, 2022 Awake Goy A wreck hunter in England has discovered a rare 13th century ship, the oldest shipwreck known in English waters. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
Divers Recover a ‘Herculean’ Marble Head from the Antikythera Shipwreck
June 24th, 2022 Awake Goy Until now most only associated the word “Antikythera” with an ancient computer. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later
Posted in Jewish News Tags: antikythera, divers, herculean, marble, recover, shipwreck No Comments »Divers Find Famous Lost HMS Gloucester Shipwreck off the English Coast
June 11th, 2022 Awake Goy The Gloucester was a 17th century warship that sunk to the bottom of the sea 340 years ago off the coast of Norfolk in the United Kingdom, with over well over 100 passengers dying. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology History Important Events Read Later
Dead Rats and Diverse Pots Reveal Long Voyages of 1400-year-old Shipwreck
April 20th, 2022 Awake Goy Scientists from the University of Haifa in Israel have been studying an ancient shipwreck off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck has provided a rich haul of artifacts Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later
Salvaged Cape Cod Shipwreck Wood is the 1626 Sparrow-Hawk, Says Study
March 28th, 2022 Awake Goy Did the remains of a Cape Cod shipwreck found in Massachusetts in 1863 really come from the long-lost Sparrow-Hawk, a name given in the 19th century to a “small pinnace” vessel known to have sunk in the area in 1626? Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
Shackleton’s Famous Antarctic Shipwreck Endurance Is Finally Discovered
March 10th, 2022 Awake Goy Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost Endurance shipwreck has been discovered at the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. And while this isn’t a discovery from the ancient world, it packs such a historically significant punch that we couldn’t NOT share this story with you. In 1914-17, Sir Ernest Shackleton launched the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which planned to […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: antarctic, discovered, endurance, famous, finally, shackleton, shipwreck No Comments »1600-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Found in “Perfect” Condition in Spain
March 10th, 2022 Awake Goy In 117 AD, at the time of Caesar Trajan’s death, the Roman Empire had reached its territorial peak, stretching across the Mediterranean Sea to North Africa and Western Asia. And the Romans used ships for much of the things that were sold to or bought from their distant colonies. As a result, shipwrecks in Mediterranean […]
Chinese Gold Ingots Stolen From 18th Century Shipwreck Have Been Returned
March 8th, 2022 Awake Goy The United States government has just returned a collection of historically significant artifacts stolen by fortune hunters to the French government, to whom the artifacts rightfully belong according to international law. Included in this valuable bounty were five gold ingots inscribed with Chinese characters, which were manufactured and exchanged in China in the 18th century. […]
Roman Era ‘Good Shepherd’ Ring Amongst Shipwreck Treasures Found in Israel
December 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Called an ‘exceptional’ find by Robert Kool, head of the authority’s coin department, the Israel Antiques Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean Coast, reports The Jerusalem Post . It has been identified as a Roman-era golden ring, with an early Christian symbol for Jesus inscribed upon its […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: amongst, found, israel, roman, shepherd, shipwreck, treasures No Comments »Mysterious 40 Foot Latvian Shipwreck Unearthed On the Beach Near Riga
October 19th, 2021 Awake Goy A 40-foot-long (12-meter-long) Latvian shipwreck has been found on a beach near the country’s capital, Riga. Might this be the ghostly remains of a lost British Royal Navy warship? Or perhaps, it’s a long-distance tropics trading ship? The oak planks of the Latvian shipwreck were found on Daugavgrīva beach on the Baltic Sea at the […]
130 people en-route to Europe feared dead in shipwreck off Libya coast
April 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy Around 130 people are feared dead after the wreck of a boat carrying them to Europe was found off the Libyan coast. SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue vessel Ocean Viking, said late on Thursday that the wreck of a rubber boat, which was initially carrying around 130 people, was spotted in the Mediterranean Sea […]
Six Pirate Skeletons From 1717 Bellamy Shipwreck Found!
February 13th, 2021 Awake Goy Seaborne salvage operations at Cape Cod have recovered the pirate remains of at least six buccaneers who were lost at sea more than three centuries ago. At the time of their watery demise these unfortunate souls were part of a crew of 146 men serving on a pirate ship called the Whydah, which struck a […]
Ancient Treasures Discovered in Roman Shipwreck at Kasos
January 21st, 2021 Awake Goy Greek underwater divers and marine archaeologists have discovered hoards of ancient treasures onboard shipwrecks off the coast of Kasos Island. But now, a rare Roman shipwreck has been discovered, and the distant origins of its cargo are helping to paint a clearer picture of international trade in the ancient Mediterranean. Kasos, or Kassos, is the southernmost […]
Landmark Study Reveals Elephant Tusk Origins Of 16th Century Shipwreck
December 19th, 2020 Awake Goy In 1533, a famous Portuguese trading vessel called the Bom Jesus went missing on its way to India. It sank off the coast of present-day Namibia while it was filled with more than 40 tons of precious cargo, including gold, silver, copper, and more than 100 elephant tusks. Scientists have traced the origins of much […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: century, elephant, landmark, origins, reveals, shipwreck, study No Comments »At least 140 migrants die off Senegal in deadliest shipwreck of 2020
October 30th, 2020 Awake Goy Over 140 died last week when a migrant ship sank off the coast of Senegal, the International Office for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday. It was the deadliest shipwreck recorded in 2020, according to the UN migration agency. Around 200 passengers set off in the vessel from the Senegalese town of Mbour on Saturday, heading […]
Ancient Greek Shipwreck Is Now Protected By Underwater AI Robots
August 3rd, 2020 Awake Goy 
Only 15 years ago scientists dreamed of a future in which new technologies would enable us to peer through tree canopies and see beneath the ground in our search for ancient lost cities, temples, and territorial boundary walls. And then LIDAR technology arrived and suddenly their dreams came true! On August 3, 2020, an ancient […]
Shipwreck Found With Both Christian and Muslim Artifacts
August 1st, 2020 Awake Goy Off the Israeli coast, marine archaeologists have been excavating a mysterious shipwreck that is changing how experts think about the 7th century AD in the Middle East. The vessel sank in a period when the region was coming under the control of the Muslim Caliphate. Evidence from the shipwreck is challenging notions about this important […]
Shipwreck’s 500yo maritime astrolabe ‘rolls back history’
October 24th, 2017 Awake Goy The astrolabe, which mariners used to measure the altitude of the sun, was discovered on a Portuguese explorer called the ‘Esmerelda.’ The ship sank off the coast of Oman during a storm in May 1503. The ‘Esmerelda’ is the earliest shipwreck from Europe’s ‘Age of Discovery’ to be found and scientifically investigated by a team […]
British Treasure Hunters Discover Nazi Shipwreck Loaded With Gold Worth £100 Million
August 14th, 2017 Awake Goy A team of British treasure hunters have discovered a treasure chest, which could contain Nazi gold worth over £100 million, in the wreck of SS Minden, a German cargo ship, off the coast of Iceland. SS Minden set sail from Banco Germanico in Brazil to Germany, when it sank 120 miles southeast of Iceland on […]
Posted in World News Tags: british, discover, hunters, loaded, shipwreck, treasure, worth No Comments »Fire Breaks Out At Greek Refugee Camp
April 20th, 2016 Awake Goy A fire broke out at the Idomeni refugee camp in Diavata, northern Greece on Wednesday, burning tents and causing panic. Several refugees were treated for smoke inhalation before the fire was put out. Sigma Live reports: Just over 2,300 refugees live at the camp, which is located near Thessaloinki. Local residents protested against the construction of […]
NASA Unveils Evidence Of Ancient Alien Structure In Kazakhstan
November 1st, 2015 Awake Goy NASA have released satellite pictures taken high in the skies of Kazakhstan, of what appears to be a mysterious “ancient alien” type of technology on the ground believed to be over 8,000 years old. The pictures reveal a colossal earthworks consisting of geometric figures of squares, crosses, lines and rings the size of football fields. Nytimes.com […]
