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Treasure and ownership clash as shipwrecks spark battles
A tangled fight over who owns sunken treasure grows as technology unlocks new finds from Titanic to Yorktown. Courts, nations, and archaeologists wrestle with rights in international waters while salvors press for access and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Steinmetz
Exa
Alabama
New York
Steinmetz
Feds
United States
France
Washington Navy Museum
North Atlantic
Titanic
Lusitania
Andrea Doria
Deep Blue Sea
Robert Ballard
Virginia
Newfoundland
Spain
Jonathan
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ballard
Egypt
Mediterranean
Florida
Unesco
United Nations
mid-Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Barbados
Japan
Poe
Connecticut
George Tullock
RMS Titanic Inc
Salvors