Some Tougher Discoveries…
With all of these exciting things becoming unearthed in this process, the team was met with a grim discovery of human remains. It was easy for them to forget that these were real people, who actually perished on the sea with all of this gold. In the above photo, the team found one of the sailors with some of the gold, making the team believe that he was attempting to save the cargo the at was meant to go to India. As more bodies were found, the team found more interesting artifacts on their bodies. The most interesting things, aside from sixteenth century clothing, were religious artifacts. Even more useful to historical findings, these sailors bodies can give scientists an idea of their lifestyle, even their diet.