'Introduction to Maritime Archaeology' Summer School (BA/MA, 7.5. ECTS) at the University of Copenhagen and Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde:

https://kurser.ku.dk/course/harks2026u/2025-2026

Open to Danish or international students; register before 9 April.

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Roman Shipwreck Discovered Off Coast of Southern Italy

https://archaeology.org/news/2026/02/05/roman-shipwreck-discovered-off-coast-of-southern-italy/

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Good discussion here of the peopling of #Sahul by a 'long chronology', that is reaching New Guinea and Australia by 60,000 years.

Previous data showing Aus and PNG populations carry the signature of Neanderthal interbreeding (some 55-50 Kya in the Middle East) suggests the 'chronology' was more recent OR all the first wave left no descendants today. But these calibrated #mtDNA results suggest different, people do descend from the early pioneers, entering via two routes, the main one N Indonesia-Philippines, and another southerly one.

#archaeogenetics #maritimearchaeology

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-guineans-aboriginal-australians-descend-groups.html

Ancient pleasure barge found off Alexandria coast

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74860

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San José galleon artifacts surface after 300 years, shedding light on the 1708 Caribbean shipwreck

For the first time since the San José galleon sank beneath the Caribbean more than three centuries ago, a set of carefully selected artifacts has been brought to the surface, giving a clearer window into one of the most fabled shipwrecks in the Americas...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/san-jose-galleon-artifacts-surface-after-300-years/

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Over 1,000 silver and gold coins recovered from the legendary 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet

A remarkable discovery has been made off the east coast of Florida, where divers have recovered more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from one of the most famous shipwrecks in the Americas—the 1715 Treasure Fleet...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/silver-and-gold-coins-from-spanish-treasure-fleet/

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Well-preserved Roman shipwreck in Croatia reveals ancient trade and seafaring insights

A team of international underwater archaeologists is unearthing fresh information regarding Roman maritime life after unearthing a well-preserved shipwreck in Barbir Bay, near the town of Sukošan on Croatia’s Adriatic coast...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/well-preserved-roman-shipwreck-in-croatia/

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AFP: Viking ships make final high-risk voyage to new Oslo home. “The first to relocate is the Oseberg, which on Wednesday slowly made its way from its current location in the old Viking Ship Museum, arriving intact a newly built addition that will house the national treasures in optimal conditions. The extremely fragile oak hull inched forward so slowly its movement was almost undetectable to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/afp-viking-ships-make-final-high-risk-voyage-to-new-oslo-home/