MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean's rampage over Mexico's Caribbean coast last week unearthed three rusted 18th century cannons that had lain buried under a sandy beach for decades. The cannons, ...

An 18th century British naval cannon has found its new home at the Maritime Museum in Madisonville after decades of sitting in storage. Maritime Museum Louisiana, the state’s only museum that focuses ...

Nautical Archaeology Program graduate students (left) Kimberly Breyfogle, Texas A&M Class of 2023, Alyssa Carpenter, Class of 2022, and (right) Marissa Agerton, Class of 2025, gently clean the ...

Excavations at an old French fort in the Caribbean Sea revealed cannonballs, coins and other artifacts, officials said. Photo from INRAP A trove of artifacts — including cannonballs and coins — were ...

How much damage will an 18th century cannon do to our wooden targets? History Hit's Dan Snow tested out this replica naval cannon on a firing range and the results were shocking. Trafalgar Day means ...

WINNABOW, N.C. (WNCN) — A team of archaeologists with East Carolina University recently made a historic discovery off the North Carolina coastline, uncovering the remains of four shipwrecks dating ...

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA—CNN reports that 12 cannons that may date to the Revolutionary War period were recovered from the Savannah River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has been deepening the ...