Divers exploring ancient Greek shipwreck find statue fragments, retrieve pieces of wreckage

Divers exploring ancient Greek shipwreck find statue fragments, retrieve pieces of wreckage

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft.  The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first century, according to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The wreck site is near Crete. The ship was a trading or cargo vessel. First discovered … Read more

Divers visit mysterious 1904 shipwreck more than 500 feet underwater off Sydney’s coast

Divers visit mysterious 1904 shipwreck more than 500 feet underwater off Sydney's coast

Divers in Australia completed a historic dive on a century-old shipwreck, exploring the remains of the craft in the “pitch-black ocean depths” off the coast of Sydney, a diving organization said on social media.  The Sydney Project Dive Team, a group of trained divers who work to discover and document shipwrecks, conducted the first-ever dive to … Read more

Shark bites 12-year-old girl off Hilton Head Island days after 9-year-old almost lost hand in Florida attack

Shark bites 12-year-old girl off Hilton Head Island days after 9-year-old almost lost hand in Florida attack

A 12-year-old girl was airlifted from South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said. The girl was bitten in the waters off Hilton Head’s Sea Pines on Tuesday, authorities said. Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue said in a statement she had sustained “a leg injury consistent with lacerations typically … Read more