The SciencesJanuary 1, 2015
Robotic Men and Robotic Vehicles Explore Ancient Shipwrecks
Scientists are using exotic technologies to excavate underwater shipwrecks with the same precision as an archaeological dig
Stories by Philip J. Hilts
Philip J. Hilts has been a science writer for more than 40 years, many of them at The New York Times. Until recently he was the director of the Knight Science Journalism program at M.I.T. He has participated in a number of underwater adventures, once making a dive in the Alvin submersible to the inside of an active volcano a mile down in the Pacific Ocean.
October 10, 2014
Return to the Antikythera Shipwreck: Treasures Found (and Maybe a Second Ship)
Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C.
TechnologyOctober 8, 2014
Submarine Exosuit Makes Its First Manned Ocean Dive
Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C.
The SciencesOctober 6, 2014
Diving to Antikythera Shipwreck, Technology Tackles Dangers of the Deep
Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C.
TechnologySeptember 29, 2014
Marine Archaeology Goes High-Tech
Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working and diving with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C.