{"id":67130,"date":"2025-11-24T02:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/67130\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:41:13","slug":"colombia-recovers-treasure-from-20b-san-jose-galleon-shipwreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/67130\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia recovers treasure from $20B San Jos\u00e9 galleon shipwreck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Archaeologists in Colombia have retrieved the first items from the fabled San Jos\u00e9 galleon, a wreck known as the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks” due to its sheer amount of treasure.<\/p>\n

The galleon, which sank in the Caribbean Sea<\/a> in 1708 during an attack by a British fleet, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and international disputes since it was discovered in 2015.<\/p>\n

The shipwreck is believed to contain about 11 million gold and silver coins, along with emeralds and other valuable cargo. Its treasure is worth as much as $20 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The San Jos\u00e9 was carrying chests full of jewels and gold coins when it sank on its way to King Philip V of Spain.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The San Jos\u00e9 galleon sank while carrying gold and jewels bound for King Philip V of Spain in 1708. (Leemage\/Corbis via Getty Images; Colombian Presidency\/Handout via Reuters)<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Colombia’s culture ministry announced that archaeologists have recovered<\/a> a porcelain cup, three coins and a cannon from the site.<\/p>\n

Pictures released by the government show President Gustavo Petro marveling at the ancient bronze cannon that was retrieved, which has remained in remarkable condition.<\/p>\n

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The recently-announced artifacts represent just a fraction of what the ship was carrying when it sank over 300 years ago.<\/p>\n

Colombia and Spain have both claimed ownership rights to the treasure. Colombia is in arbitration litigation with Sea Search Armada, a group of U.S. investors that claims it discovered the wreck in 1982.<\/p>\n

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The first recovered items include a porcelain cup, three coins and a remarkably preserved bronze cannon. (Colombian Presidency\/Handout via Reuters)<\/p>\n

The wreckage’s exact location has been kept a state secret, and it lies nearly 2,000 feet deep in the sea.<\/p>\n

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Petro’s government has affirmed that the deep-water expedition is focused on research, not treasure hunting.<\/p>\n

Though the San Jose galleon remains the world’s most valuable known shipwreck, other notable maritime discoveries have surfaced in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Officials previously shared photos of the wreck showing remnants of the San Jos\u00e9 galleon, known as the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks.” (Reuters)<\/p>\n

This summer, a group of marine experts determined the exact location of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour,<\/a> the ship used to reach the eastern coast of Australia.<\/p>\n

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In June, officials unveiled the deepest-recorded shipwreck<\/a> in French waters, off the coast of Ramatuelle. The ship still retained ancient cargo, including well-preserved porcelain.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists in Colombia have retrieved the first items from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[39011,39946,39947,418,971,4100,88,90,89,645,2422,8074],"class_list":["post-67130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-americas","tag-archaeology","tag-historic-sites","tag-history","tag-lifestyle","tag-oceans","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-science","tag-travel","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}