theweekmagazine: Are there human remains at the Titanic wreck site? Most of the Titanic’s 1,500 passengers were never recovered, but new photographs suggest there may still be remains to be found. The most discussed photo captures leather boots and what appears to be a coat buried in the mud near the Titanic’s stern. The way the boots are laid out, says James Delgado, the director of maritime heritage at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), strongly suggests that they landed there while still on the feet and back of a person. ”This is clearly where someone came to rest on the bottom,” Delgado tells The New York Times. “I, as an archaeologist, would say those are human remains,” Read more

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Are there human remains at the Titanic wreck site?

Most of the Titanic’s 1,500 passengers were never recovered, but new photographs suggest there may still be remains to be found. The most discussed photo captures leather boots and what appears to be a coat buried in the mud near the Titanic’s stern. The way the boots are laid out, says James Delgado, the director of maritime heritage at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), strongly suggests that they landed there while still on the feet and back of a person. ”This is clearly where someone came to rest on the bottom,” Delgado tells The New York Times. “I, as an archaeologist, would say those are human remains,”

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