Wooden posts sticking out of a sand dune in northern Iran turned out to be a century-old shipwreck. Photos show what remains ...

Allowing the Caspian Sea to succumb to industrial exploitation and climate-induced desiccation would be an irreversible ...

A historic shipwreck, long hidden beneath a sand dune, has been uncovered along the southern Caspian Sea coast in Mazandaran, Iran. The ship, believed to be a three-masted vessel with a double ...

A detailed investigation of a wooden shipwreck discovered off the Mazandaran coast in southern Iran shed light on maritime trade in the Caspian Sea. The findings were recently detailed in a study ...

In the study, "The Shipwreck of Zaghemarz, Mazandaran, Iran: Archaeology, Archaeobotany and Absolute Dating of an Eighteenth‑Century Vessel of the Caspian Sea," published in the Journal of ...

This stock image shows a view of the Iranian Caspian Sea coast. A historic shipwreck has been discovered after emerging from beneath a sand dune, according to a recent study. This stock image ...

A detailed investigation of a wooden shipwreck discovered off the Mazandaran coast in southern Iran has shed light on maritime trade in the Caspian Sea. This wooden vessel likely dates to the late ...

The plant remains were likely “components of the crew’s food during the final journey in the Caspian Sea,” archaeologists said. A woven mat found on the Zaghemarz shipwreck. Photo shared by ...