The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off ...

In 1839, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque, along with hundreds of others from the West African village of Mendeland, ...

History never ceases to surprise us with recent discoveries, as has happened in Costa Rica, as several scientific analyses have confirmed that the wooden ships shipwrecked off its ...

Marine archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery off the coast of Costa Rica, shedding new light on a mystery that has ...

In 1710, two Danish slave ships got lost in some smog while sailing through the Caribbean and ultimately became shipwrecked ...

Marine archaeologists uncover two 18th-century Danish slave ships in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. Learn about the 1710 ...

For a decade, the president has said he wants to emulate ‘record-holder’ Dwight D. Eisenhower, but the 1954 claims were phony ...

THE COMMONWEALTH Foundation has announced the five regional winners of the world’s most global literary prize.

A host of beloved authors have new books hitting shelves this week, including a memoir by humorist Barry, a Mark Twain bio by ...

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

The coalition says there is no better time to push for reparations as Trump continues to attack DEI and once-protected civil ...