What was African gold jewellery doing on Black Sam Bellamy’s pirate ship, the Whydah Gally? Its double life and latest sensation are featured in a new Wreckwatch magazine special report: https://t.co/iJmovcp5mW.

"Israel hacked a popular Iranian prayer app to send notifications to potentially millions of phones Saturday morning urging the country’s military personnel to defect from the regime and join a fight to liberate the country, according to people familiar with the matter."

Why history matters

The spread of agriculture didn’t just change our diets—it altered our jaws as well, making it easy to pronounce "f"s and "v"s and opening a whole new world of words. Learn more on #WorldAnthropologyDay: https://t.co/qN19mTYhr9

@amritsingh FYI. The @LAPressClub launches the Tatiana Schlossberg Environmental $1,000 Cash Award for its 68th SoCal Journalism Awards. Please pass on.

“And in the year nine-hundred forty-five and the twenty-fourth year of Heraclius’s reign, the Arab robbers arrived and fell upon the land of the qibla [i.e. Palestine/the Holy Land], inflicting great damage to it by sword and by enslavement.” A new source for the Arab invasions!

Julian Sancton's Neptune's Fortune is a warts-and-all exposé of how the richest wreck in the world was discovered. With lashings of Indiana Joneseque drama. It's a tale Spain and Colombia don't want you to know. See my article in Smithsonian Magazine for an overview.

How the San José, the world’s richest shipwreck, was found and, some say, lost. What should be done with it now? @SmithsonianMag @meilansolly #culture https://t.co/t3powqXSiu

"Today, I call openly for Palestinian reform and democracy, and for Palestinian-Israeli coexistence  and dialogue. After October 7, I visited the Israeli communities near the Gaza border and publicly condemned Hamas in front of cameras. I later visited the shiva [week-long

Don’t miss the new Sunken Mysteries series, with unseen wizardry created by Wreckwatch TV’s Chris Atkins. https://t.co/q6vNU7T2bn

Check out the world’s greatest Sunken Mysteries on Wreckwatch TV. @wreckwatchtv on YouTube.

Announcing the new Sunken Mysteries series on Wreckwatch TV. Kicking off with how the world’s largest museum of ancient statues ended up lost in a Roman ship off Antikythera in Greece. #classicalstudies https://t.co/QiUAgwDGHX

Eurovision winner Dana International, the competition’s first trans victor has a message for the boycotters: Good evening, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia. I have performed in your countries numerous times - on your stages and on television shows. I was always

Is the ancient Maritime Silk Road a true parallel to the Silk Road land corridor or a modern political invention? I investigate in The Smithsonian Magazine. #SilkRoad @peterfrankopan @SmithsonianMag https://t.co/7dq9ZctKiB

Every single day, Palestinians are being executed in Gaza. Not by Israel. By Hamas. Men and women who dare to criticize them. Journalists who try to tell the truth. People accused, without proof, of “collaboration.” They are taken to the streets, beaten, and shot. Our own

An Israeli child’s bed after the October 7th Massacre. A reminder for those who have forgotten

Up close and personal with Atlas off New Providence Island. Mega statue. Photo: Chris Atkins. #divingisawesome #AdventureAwaits #Exploration

Friday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Join Wreckwatch’s Sean Kingsley talking to Unexpected Elements on the BBC World Service at 10.05am (UK). The science behind the romance... @pegasus_books #talklikeapirateday @bbcworldservice

Oops. Footage from Greta’s boat shows a crew member misfiring a flare, which lands back on the boat. Meanwhile, they are claiming they were “attacked by a drone” 🙄 Tragedy tourists cosplaying as victims

On this day in September 1622, $400 million in treasure sank off the Florida Keys. Cue adventure & legal fighting. This drama is the subject of Sean Kingsley’s novel, Finders Keepers. To celebrate the 403-year story, the book is on offer on Kindle at a huge anniversary discount.