Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater
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Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater

ByNews Polite

The last known US slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission said Thursday that the…

Baltictech divers find 175-year-old bottles of champagne on shipwreck off Swedish coast
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Baltictech divers find 175-year-old bottles of champagne on shipwreck off Swedish coast

ByNews Polite

No ‘pagne, no gain. A team of Polish divers discovered the wreckage of a 19th-century sailing ship with hundreds of still-sealed bottles of champagne that nearly rival the oldest in the world. Divers from the private group Baltictech — which searches for shipwrecks on the Baltic seabed — nearly missed…