Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

Centuries-old shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, long thought to have been the property of pirates, are actually Danish ...

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century ...

A long-held assumption was that the vessels were sunk after pirate ships had orchestrated an attack on their cargo, but the discovery of yellow bricks at the crash site challenged this conclusion.

The 18th-century vessels were shipwrecked in 1710, and archaeologists only recently discovered that the ships – long believed to be pirate ships – were used to transport slaves. Now ...

“For many years, however, they were thought to be pirate ships,” researchers said. “But when American marine archaeologists in 2015 found yellow bricks in one of the wrecks, new questions ...

However, for years, they were believed to be pirate ships, the museum said in a news release. Fisherpeople who established themselves in the area in 1826 thought this because the ships’ remains ...

However, unlike aircraft carriers, cruise ships aren't armed to the teeth, which makes them giant targets for pirates, both figuratively and literally. As surprising as it sounds, pirates are ...

However, for years, they were believed to be pirate ships, the museum said in a news release. Fisherpeople who established themselves in the area in 1826 thought this because the ships’ remains ...