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Shipwrecks

History

Searching for California's Lost Viking Treasure Ship

Somewhere in the desert, buried under a mountain of sand and rock, is an ancient shipwreck. Maybe.

Alexander Nazaryan Newsweek Feb 2016 20min Permalink

Business History

The Big Dig

Visiting the treasures – bear skulls, footprints, an ancient emerald necklace – that surfaced with shipwrecks at Yenikapi in Turkey.

Elif Batuman New Yorker Aug 2015 25min Permalink

Business History World

Lusitania: The Epic Battle Over Its Biggest Mystery

Gregg Bemis is an 87-year-old retired venture capitalist who owns the salvage rights to the Lusitania. He’s determined to prove an alternate theory as to why the ship was attacked in 1915. Unfortunately, the Irish government isn’t so into his plan.

Richard B. Stolley Fortune May 2015 15min Permalink

Secrets of the Deep

The dispute over what may be the biggest sunken treasure ever found – and who gets to keep it.

John Colapinto The New Yorker Apr 2008 40min Permalink