We have explored less than five percent of the world’s seas. Yet UNESCO estimates there to be three million shipwrecks spread across ocean floors around the planet.
Besides shipwrecks, there exist countless other submerged archaeological sites such as plane wrecks, docks, warehouses, harbors, and even entire sunken cities.
Careful and detailed study of these sites and their contexts can reveal a wealth of information and countless new insights into our ancestors’ complex relationship with the sea.
