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<title><![CDATA[Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage will enter into force in January 2009]]></title>
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from UNESCO.orgTwenty States have now ratified the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, which therefore will enter into force on 2 January 2009, three months after the deposit of the 20th instrument of acceptance.&ldquo;This is a very important step in the history of the safeguarding of cultural heritage,&rdquo; declared Ko&iuml;chiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO. &ldquo;This represents an essential addition to UNESCO&rsquo;s standard-setting apparatus. From...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recuperan cientos de piezas de gran valor histórico y arqueológico]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,recuperan-cientos-de-piezas-de-gran-valor-historico-y-arqueologico,83299.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[from Elmundo.esLa Polic&iacute;a Nacional ha recuperado cientos de piezas de incalculable valor hist&oacute;rico y arqueol&oacute;gico en diferentes operaciones en Almer&iacute;a, Ja&eacute;n y Palma de Mallorca.Agentes del Grupo Especial de Respuesta al Crimen Organizado (GRECO) de Palma de Mallorca y de la Brigada Provincial de la Pol&iacute;cia Judicial han sido los encargados de llevar a cabo una de estas operaciones en la que se han recuperado cerca de un centenar de piezas de importante valor...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Treasures so near, yet so far]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Tom MooneyIn May, as a handful of local archaeologists watched from the gunwales of four research ships, warfare scientists for the Navy and federal oceanographers lowered several high-tech robots into Narragansett Bay&rsquo;s waters between Portsmouth and Jamestown.Some of the robots resembled torpedoes. Others looked like mechanical crabs. The newest of their kind, the remote-controlled, sonar-imaging machines had been designed to find mines buried on the sea floor or attached to ship hulls....]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Navy Confirms Sunken Submarine Is Grunion]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,navy-confirms-sunken-submarine-is-grunion,82969.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[from Science DailyThe submarine Grunion arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 20, 1942. The vessel completed pre-patrol training before departing on its first war patrol June 30. Grunion's commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Abele, was ordered to proceed to the Aleutian Islands and patrol westward from Attu on routes between the Aleutians and the Japanese Empire. On July 10, Grunion was reassigned to the area north of Kiska. Over the next 20 days, the submarine reported firing on an enemy destroyer, sinking...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High-tech explorers search Mon for elusive B-25]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,high-tech-explorers-search-mon-for-elusive-b-25,82968.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Matthew SantoniDivers and scientists are spending this weekend delving into a mystery that has lurked in the muddy waters of the Monongahela River for 52 years: What happened to the B-25 bomber that splashed into the river at the height of the Cold War ?The official record says that on Jan. 31, 1956, the World War II-era bomber ran out of fuel en route to Harrisburg and ditched in the river -- just missing the Homestead High-level Bridge on its approach -- before floating downstream and sinking....]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scuba Divers First To Reach 19th Century Shipwreck At 140m]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,scuba-divers-first-to-reach-19th-century-shipwreck-at-140m,82812.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[from Divemaster NewsClad head-to-toe in insulated dry suits, five Massachusetts men recently became the first divers to reach the Portland, a luxury passenger ship that was thrashed by hurricane-force winds and sank off the coast of Cape Ann in one of the 19th century's deadliest storms.Although the upper decks had been ripped off, perhaps as waves pummeled the paddlewheel ship broadside, the divers found portholes with the glass intact, half-filled medicine bottles from an apothecary in Maine,...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pulling history from the sea]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,pulling-history-from-the-sea,82544.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Scott ChristiansenOne day in March of this year, Steve Lloyd&rsquo;s 27-foot cabin cruiser Obtainium was headed on a course along the Kenai Peninsula&rsquo;s southwestern tip from Seldovia to the elongated bay of Port Graham, which shelters the town of the same name.Lloyd considers himself a pretty savvy scuba diver, if not Alaska&rsquo;s premier shipwreck hunter and he and his dive partner Ursa Lively were headed for a nearby shipwreck site. Their lure wasn&rsquo;t treasure, but a 140-year-old...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coins, jewelry stolen from home]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,coins-jewelry-stolen-from-home,82497.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[fromTCPalmMore than $68,000 in collectible coins and jewelry were stolen from a family's home sometime Thursday, police said.A family member returned home at 2:15 p.m. Thursday and found the home in the 2600 block of 19th Street had been burglarized, according to a police report. A fire safe containing many of the coins under the couple's bed had been opened, the report said. The couple said the safe contained 14 rare silver coins from a shipwrecked Spanish boat.In 1622, the Nuestra Se&ntilde;ora...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 04:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Divers shed light on wreck of Portland]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,divers-shed-light-on-wreck-of-portland,82358.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[By Bina VenkataramanCaptain Hollis Blanchard was at the helm of the steamship Portland when it went down off the coast of Massachusetts in November 1898. Nearly 200 perished.In the cold, black waters 460 feet below the ocean's surface, the divers could not see their hands. They switched on their lamps, throwing light on one of the worst shipwrecks in New England history.Clad head-to-toe in insulated dry suits, five Massachusetts men recently became the first divers to reach the Portland, a luxury...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shipwreck searchers hit the jackpot with 3 finds Up North]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,shipwreck-searchers-hit-the-jackpot-with-3-finds-up-north,81956.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Sheri McWhirterNorthwest Michigan waters hold three, maybe four, shipwrecks discovered last month by a Grand Traverse County man and other shipwreck hunters."It's a passion for exploring. I love going places and finding things nobody's been to before and sharing that through photos and video," said Thaddius Bedford of Mayfield, president of the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve.Two shipwrecks in the Manitou preserve were discovered in recent years, along with at least one shipwreck in Grand...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cannon might be from 1846 wreck of USS Shark]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,cannon-might-be-from-1846-wreck-of-uss-shark,81955.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Tom VogtTwo cannons with possible links to Fort Vancouver have had their 15 minutes of fame. Next comes the long, dirty slog of restoration.Research done on one of the cannons by the "History Detectives" TV series indicates it most likely came from the USS Shark. The U.S. Navy schooner was wrecked in 1846 near the mouth of the Columbia as it sailed from Fort Vancouver toward the Pacific.Production of the PBS episode included a visit to the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, where chief ranger...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Treasure, Interrupted for Odyssey Marine]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,treasure-interrupted-for-odyssey-marine,81687.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Mike VogelThe country's largest publicly traded shipwreck exploration company has three promising finds but faces hurdles in opening the treasure chests.In October 1804, four Spanish frigates approached the port of Cadiz in southwestern Spain, laden with South American treasure. The loot was meant to bankroll Spain, nominally neutral but tacitly allied with Napoleon against Britain. Four British frigates met the treasure fleet.&nbsp;In the ensuing Battle of Cape St. Mary, the British captured...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Namibia: Race against time to save ancient Portuguese shipwreck]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,namibia-race-against-time-to-save-ancient-portuguese-shipwreck,81239.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[from AFPArchaeologists are racing against the little time left to salvage a fortune in coins and items from a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck found recently off Namibia's rough southern coast.Despite its importance, the project, in a restricted diamond mining area, is itself costing a fortune in sea-walling that cannot be sustained after October 10."The vast amounts of gold coins would possibly make this discovery the largest one in Africa outside Egypt," said Francisco Alves, a Lisbon-based maritime...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sub Sea Research to Recover WWII Freighter Carrying Tons of Precious Metals]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,sub-sea-research-to-recover-wwii-freighter-carrying-tons-of-precious-metals,81235.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[from PR WebSea Hunters, L.P., a division of the Portland Maine based shipwreck research and recovery company Sub Sea Research, embark on their newest project: the recovery of one of the world's wealthiest wrecks.&nbsp;The ship in question, the "Blue Baron", was attacked and sunk by a German U-Boat in June 1942. Through extensive and intensive research, Sub Sea navigated through the wreckage to discover large amounts of wealth, previously unknown to the world. The ship is thought to have been carrying...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Port of 'second Carthage' found]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,port-of-second-carthage-found,81232.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[from ANSA.itArchaeologists in Sardinia said Thursday they have found the port of the Phoenician city of Tharros, held by some to be the ancient people's most important colony in the Mediterranean after Carthage.Researchers from the University of Cagliari and Sassari found the submerged port in the Mistras Lagoon, several kilometres from the city ruins.Excavations have long been going on at the site of the city itself, on a peninsula overlooking the Bay of Oristano in western Sardinia, but this is...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Probe finds signs of doomed Franklin expedition]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,probe-finds-signs-of-doomed-franklin-expedition,81231.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by David LjunggrenExplorers trying to trace two ships from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition in Canada's Arctic found fragments of copper sheeting likely to have come from the vessels, one of the explorers said on Friday.Sir John Franklin, his 128 crew and the British ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were seeking the fabled Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans when they became stuck in ice. The men all died and the ships vanished."The archeological discoveries exceeded...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. firm rebuts Spanish charges over $500 mn treasure haul]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,u-s-firm-rebuts-spanish-charges-over-500-mn-treasure-haul,80416.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Emilio J. LopezU.S. treasure-hunting firm Odyssey Marine Exploration denied Spanish government claims that it &nbsp;"secretly" scoured the ocean floor to find a wreck containing a $500 million haul of colonial-era coins. &nbsp;"Odyssey in this case followed all the appropriate archaeological and legal protocols," Odyssey CEO Greg Stemm told Efe, calling allegations to the contrary false and "inflammatory."&nbsp;Spain's Culture Ministry on Tuesday accused Odyssey of carrying out "this underwater...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan Asked to Avert Disaster From Pacific World War II Wrecks]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,japan-asked-to-avert-disaster-from-pacific-world-war-ii-wrecks,80415.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[by Ed JohnsonThe Pacific island nation of Micronesia wants Japanese help to avert an environmental disaster as Imperial Navy ships destroyed during World War II break up and leak oil in a tropical lagoon.&nbsp;Scientists last month recorded a 5-kilometer-long slick oozing from the wreck of the Hoyo Maru oil tanker in the Chuuk Lagoon, where more than 50 Japanese vessels litter the seabed.&nbsp;Researchers say the site is a "ticking time bomb" and highlights the environmental danger posed to other...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uncovering Namibia's sunken treasure]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Frauke JensenA team of international archaeologists is working round the clock to rescue the wreck of what is thought to be a 16th Century Portuguese trading ship that lay undisturbed for hundreds of years off Namibia's Atlantic coast.The shipwreck, uncovered in an area drained for diamond mining, has revealed a cargo of metal cannonballs, chunks of wooden hull, imprints of swords, copper ingots and elephant tusks.&nbsp;It was found in April when a crane driver from the diamond mining company...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spain claims 'proof' of Spanish origin of Odyssey treasure]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,spain-claims-proof-of-spanish-origin-of-odyssey-treasure,80218.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[From Canada.comSpain's government said Tuesday it has proof of the Spanish origin of treasure recovered from a wreck in the Atlantic by deep-sea explorer firm Odyssey, and demanded the U.S. company hand it back."Spain yesterday (Monday) presented to the court in Tampa (Florida) the proof" that the treasure came from the wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, the culture ministry said in a statement.The ship, which sank off southern Portugal with a massive cargo of gold and...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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