2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (886+ words) Final report confirms identification of the famed vessel scuttled off Rhode Island in 1778....Endeavour started in 1999, a joint venture between the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Rhode...Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP)....

2+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (347+ words) The Times...Sandwich In 1778, during the American War of Independence, it was deliberately sunk in Newport Harbor, Rhode...Island, as part of a defensive blockade Now, after a 26-year archaeological project led by the Australian...and archaeological research The report…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (651+ words) rich history steeped in religion and surroundings so vast and beautiful, it's no wonder why this island...You don't need to leave the UK to experience an island as beautiful as this one, with blue waters, historic...Officially called Lindisdarne,…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1041+ words) Archaeologists have found the remains of a 'lost' castle on a remote Scottish island once home to a wealthy...The castle, on the island of Islay, was the centre of power for the Lords of the Isles, a powerful dynasty......

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (758+ words) medieval kingdom and royal castle were found during a 10-year archaeological project on a Scottish island...Caldwell explains in the book that the Lords of the Isles were powerful chiefs with royal pretensions...They referred to themselves as 'Ri Innse…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (428+ words) Towhead Island sits across from downtown Muscatine on the Mississippi River....) MUSCATINE — In a landmark act of generosity and environmental stewardship, the 129-acre Towhead Island...significant conservation-focused philanthropic gestures in the region’s history and guarantees the island...The island, which…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (916+ words) Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma....The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues...European ships first encountered these stone giants in the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (406+ words) at the State University of New York at Binghamton believe they've cracked the case of how Easter Island's...famous moai statues were transported across the island....they've cracked the case of how Easter Island's famous moai statues were transported across…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1302+ words) lies in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, 3,700 kilometers west of Chile and 1,900 km east of Pitcairn Island...It gets less rainfall than most Polynesian islands, and that rain is erratic....It was Easter Sunday, so Roggeveen called the place Easter Island…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (725+ words) trick didn't even require that many people to pull it off A LONG-RUNNING mystery over the Easter Island...Some wild theories over the years include the prospect of aliens putting them on the island with advanced...There are more than…...