Evidence of a similar vessel appears on an ancient Greek vase featuring the infamous Homeric character, Odysseus, tied to its mass.

Tiny sensors in the robot’s “hands” transmitted haptic feedback to Khatib’s hands onboard a ship overhead, allowing him to feel the contour and the weight of the 350-year-old vase.

The RPM Nautical Foundation is starting to document the creatures clung to ancient ceramic amphoras, as they map shipwrecks throughout the Mediterranean. These new data points promise to help ...

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715.