Pirates and the loot they plundered have long fascinated us. Stories like "Treasure Island" and movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean" have helped increase the popularity of these sea raiders. In this ...

Below the Mediterranean, a pirate shipwreck was discovered at a depth of around 2,700 feet. The vessel was located in international waters between Morocco and Spain in the western Mediterranean.

U.S. Marines stormed a German-owned commercial vessel that had been captured by Somali pirates, in what appears to be the first U.S.-led military boarding off the coast of East Africa.

A team of explorers has recovered cannons and other artifacts from the Whydah, the only authenticated pirate ship ever found. The shipwreck was discovered off Cape Cod in 1984.

For the pirates of the 18th century, treasure meant gold. But for the investigators at Whydah Pirate Museum in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, treasure could simply mean big rocks – as long as there ...

The wreck is the first time the remains of a pirate corsair have been found in the region known as the Barbary Coast.

Underseas explorer Barry Clifford holds a piece of eight, right, and a metal syringe salvaged from the wreck of pirate ship "Whydah" during a video interview in Brewster, Mass., Tuesday, Sept. 17 ...

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For the pirates of the 18th century, ... Clifford discovered the Whydah Gally, or ship, in 1984, making him the discoverer of the world’s only authenticated pirate shipwreck.

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For the pirates of the 18th century, treasure meant gold. But for the investigators at Whydah Pirate Museum in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, treasure could simply mean big rocks – as long as there ...