Archaeologists from the National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) found a charity pawnshop from the second half of the 18th century under the northern part of the building. pre-Hispanic basalt floor slabs dating from the reign of the ruler Axayácatl (1469-1481) and the remains of Cortés' 1521 mansion in Tenochtitlán.
Lidar scanning has revealed the oldest and largest known Maya structure, which ...fundamentally disproves the previously held theory of the age and gradual rise of Maya cities with centralized control. The study was presented in the journal Nature by a team led by archaeologist Takeshi Inomata of the University of Arizona in Tucson.
On the night of June 14, 1838, a boiler on the steam excursion boat Pulaski exploded off the coast of North Carolina. Within a short time, the ship sank with 128 people on board, including U.S. Congressman William B. Rochester and many other wealthy and prominent individuals. Only 59 lucky people survived. Recently, divers discovered gold and silver coins of considerable value near the wreck, and most notably a gold watch that stopped shortly after the explosion...
A collection of 3,990 "coins" from the period between 1200 and 1500 has been returned to Mexico. The pre-Columbian money belonged to an American private collector who acquired it at a Texas coin fair in the 1960s...
The sheriff's office subsequently found anything in the seized bags. "Often it's various weapons like knives. But occasionally we find something that takes our breath away," notes local Sheriff Lane Akin.
According to published estimates, there are approximately 650,000 ships lying along the shores of the Americas. In recent history, from 1824 to 1962, an additional 1,500 ships sank in the same area with an estimated cargo value of.....
In June 1715, a very strong hurricane hit the Florida beaches. When the storm subsided, 11 ships of the Silver Fleet were at the bottom of the ocean. These medieval "convoys" carried treasures from the New World to Spain.