An "exceptionally well-preserved" bronze cannon from an iconic ship was recovered from a busy shipping lane after 360 years at the bottom of an England waterway, historians announced this week. The ...

A bronze cannon recently recovered by researchers in Arizona appears to be the oldest known firearm ever found in the continental United States. According to experts, analysis indicates the 40 lbs ...

In the busy shipping channel of the Thames Estuary, a piece of history sat on the seafloor for more than three centuries. Ricky Rew via Unsplash Where the Thames River meets the North Sea off the ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in Arizona have discovered what appear to be the oldest firearms ever found in the continental United States: two cannons abandoned by a Spanish expeditionary force that ...

(a) A bronze medieval-style wall or rampart gun was found at this Coronado expedition site in southern Arizona. It is 42 in (106.7 cm) long and weighs about 40 lb. The diameter of the bore is .95 in ...

It was a September morning in 2020, and Deni Seymour, an archeologist, was searching for artifacts along the Santa Cruz River near Nogales, Arizona. She had been exploring the area a few months, ...