According to the U.S. Marine Corps History Division, from 1798 to 1921 the birthday of the Corps had been celebrated in July.

Armed with a map and a metal detector, I set out across an untouched island where legends of buried gold still linger in the palms. Tropical Storm Melissa update as "catastrophic" conditions to hit in ...

More than 300 years later, the Guna Yala in Panama’s San Blas archipelago have decided to reveal the whereabouts of the wreck. But here’s the Indiana Jones twist. In 2011, Ocean X divers Peter ...

In 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived on the outskirts of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the mighty Aztec Empire. It has been said that to the Aztec emperor, Montezuma II, Cortes and ...

A chemical analysis of a gold bar in Mexico revealed that it was part of the treasure stolen by the Spanish conquistadors during the conquest of the Aztec Empire. Researchers believe that they have ...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - South African mining veteran Duncan Wanblad on Wednesday lamented the country’s foregone investment in mining, as gold prices surged past $4,000 an ounce — a record high driven by ...

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Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “ Treasure Coast,” a team of divers from a shipwreck salvage company have uncovered exactly that — a load of long-lost Spanish ...

CAMPE VERDE — Yasmeen Mustafa approached the locked gates at Montezuma Castle National Monument and let out a deep, frustrated sigh as it dawned on her that the monument -- and other national parks in ...

(AP) — Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast,” a team of divers from a shipwreck salvage company have uncovered exactly that — a load of long-lost ...

A lost 3,000-year-old bronze hoard was discovered in Scotland ahead of a development project. Experts analyzed ornamental bracelets that were part of the find and confirmed high craftsmanship designed ...