Cursed Shipwreck Yields Treasure and Human Remains... For 450 years, no one knew where the Swedish warship Mars, named for the Roman god of war, sank in the Baltic Sea. The largest vessel of its time went down in a fierce battle in 1564 with more than 800 people aboard. Its discovery in 2011 yielded an astonishingly well-preserved ship, including the seamen who went down with it. Legend has it that the ship was cursed because its cannons were made using metal from melted-down church bells. | Shi

Roman Shipwreck Raised After 2,000 Years

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