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Archaeology

Immerse yourself in the past with our Archaeology Scuba News. Here, we bring you the latest discoveries and research from underwater archaeological sites around the world.

From sunken cities to shipwrecks, we cover the stories that bridge the gap between the deep sea and deep time, revealing the ocean’s role in human history.

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Divers excavating at Loch Bhorgastail crannog site (University of Southampton)
‘Stereophoto’ divers capture Stone Age man-made island
View of the excavation of the Ilovik-Paržine 1 shipwreck (L Damelet, CNRS/CCJ)
Divers’ wreck samples unlock Roman ship-sealing secrets
Whydah gold in concretion (Whydah Pirate Museum)
Divers’ pirate gold explodes historic fraud allegations
Diver at the wreck site (University of Warsaw)
Divers uncover ancient shipwreck strip in Libya
The main cargo contains several hundred ceramic vessels, found intact at the bottom of the lake (© Octopus Foundation)
Divers explore 2,000-year-old treasures on Swiss lakebed
A technical cave diver carefully recovering 11,000-year-old human remains from the floor of the Cave of Bones in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
The Cave of Bones: Uncovering 11,000-Year-Old Secrets in Brazil’s Underwater Depths
Divers at the Mentor shipwreck site (Ministry of Culture)
Divers’ shipwreck discovery links Lord Elgin to marbles
Marine archaeologist Christopher F Kvæstad documents the stone belt in Grindasundet (Anders Schouw / IRMAS)
Whalegate: Divers find ancient trap in Norway 
The GdF dive-team with two recovered amphoras (Italian Ministry of Culture / Guardia di Finanza)
Divers find ancient Roman shipwreck off Puglia
Archaeological divers work to remove centuries of sand and silt from the shipwreck (Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde)
Divers excavate 600-year-old ‘super shipwreck’
Two large vertical wall slabs with an aligned monolith to the left and another in the background (SAMM)
French divers hit wall that’s 7,000 years old
Greek graffiti on a plank on the ancient Egyptian boat (Christoph Gerigk / ©Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation)
Divers discover ancient Egyptian party boat
Diver with the wheel-headed stone slab (Bournemouth University)
Divers’ Mortar Wreck discoveries go on show
Divers keep the canoe steady on its transport raft during the tow to shore (WHS)
Divers’ canoe mission reveals ancient bioengineering
The Mystery Of The Iron Duke|||The Duke of Buccleugh moored in dock during the 1890s|||||||||||Regular Duke visitor Toby Herbert is lifted from the water after another dive on the wreck|Regular Duke visitor Toby Herbert is lifted from the water after another dive on the wreck
The Duke of Buccleugh: Mystery of the Sussex Shipwreck Revealed
Just Right first mate Luke with one of the silver coins (Queens Jewels)
Florida divers raise $1m in silver & gold coins
Maritime archaeologists work on the Roman wreck (R Scholz, ICUA Zadar)
Divers finally clear exceptional Roman shipwreck
Mysteries Of The Deep is showing at New York's Intrepid Museum until January 2026
Mysteries From The Deep surface in NYC
The face is thought to have been placed to ward off attackers (Mateusz Popek)
Polish divers excited by 1,000yr-old face
Shipwreck evidence: Ancient Ictis - now thought to be St Michael's Mount (Chensiyuan)
Shipwreck evidence solves ‘tin problem’
Lifting the sealed amphora (Ministry of Culture & Tourism)
Rare sealed amphora set to reveal secrets
Local MP Jessica Toale visits Bournemouth University and MAST
Diving MP checks out shipwreck research
Treasures from Aboukir Bay (Ministry of the Interior)
Divers planned to sell 448 ancient artefacts
SUDEMER divers explore the surprising shipwreck (SUDEMER)
10,000 ceramics found on ancient Med shipwreck
Archaeologist working on the wreck-site (SopMare)
Sicily divers probe 2,500-year-old shipwreck
Part of Nanhai One wreck in the Maritime Silk Route Museum, Yangjiang (Zhangzhugang)
Hydrogel can arrest shipwreck timber decay
Retrieving a Roman amphora (Burgas Regional History Museum)
Diver discoveries in Black Sea fortress harbour
An archaeological diver examines one of the inscribed slabs (Chris Cracillon)
Nile divers uncover traces of ancient pharaohs
Two-handled clay cup (Aloïs Aebischer / ESAG / University of Geneva)
Antikythera wreck still surprising 124 years on
Dr Karnit Bachartan (right) and Yaakov Sharvit with the amphoras (Emil Eljam / Israel Antiquities Authority)
3,300-year-old amphoras raised from Med’s oldest shipwreck

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