Divers say they've found shipwreck from 1811

[MSN]  Oliver Perry's USS Revenge went down off the coast of Rhode Island.  More...

WikiLeaks Cables Cited in Lawsuit Over $500 Million Sunken Treasure

[Wired]  A deep-sea treasure-hunting company in Florida says that diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks have exposed the U.S. government’s backdoor interference in a lawsuit over $500 million in silver and gold coins recovered from a Spanish galleon. According to Odyssey Marine Exploration, based in Florida, the U.S. State Department cables show that the U.S. ambassador to Spain made a quid pro quo deal to assist that country in its battle with Odyssey for the treasure.  More...

Blackbeard's Ship Yields Ornamental Sword

[National Geographic]  Since 1997, archaeologists have been excavating the Queen Anne's Revenge. The sword hilt is among their latest finds and was revealed to the public this month.  More...

Did the Scots visit Iceland?

[Unreported Heritage News]  New research reveals island inhabited 70 years before Vikings thought to have arrived.  More...

Did Famine Destroy ‘Camelot’?

[Arch News]   South Cadbury Castle is well known for its suspected association with King Arthur as the site of his infamous castle, Camelot. Excavations have shown that the site was indeed strengthened in the period formally known as the Dark Ages, at the time of the legendary Arthur. However, there is one question that remains an enigma – why was the site abandoned?  More...

Remains Of Oldest Fruit Trees In Iberian Peninsula Found

[Arch News]   Recent research on seed samples gathered over the years at medieval archaeological sites in the historic old quarter of Hondarribia, has that these are the remains of the oldest fruit trees in Southern Europe.  More...

Climate Changes Linked to Fall of Roman Empire

[Discovery]   Think small variations in temperature and precipitation levels don't have much of an impact? Guess again.  More...

'Oldest known wine-making facility' found in Armenia

[BBC]   A wine press and fermentation jars from about 6,000 years ago were found in a cave in the south Caucasus country.  More...

34,000-year-old bacteria discovered...and it's still alive

[Christian Science Monitor]  The microbes were discovered in trapped inside tiny bubbles in salt crystals buried in Death Valley, in a state of suspended animation.  More...