Colombia announced on November 22 the recovery of several artefacts from the wreck of the San Jose galleon, a Spanish ship that sank in 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession and was ...

The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by ...

Dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks," the ship is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other precious cargo.

Colombian scientists have recovered a cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup from the Caribbean Sea. That's where the ...

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 ...

Blake Baker went from a small Indiana town of 8,000 to diving for 400-year-old sunken gold off the coast of Florida. Baker ...

An 18th century Spanish galleon dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks" for its storied cache of 11 million gold and silver ...

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 ...

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 ...