Archaeologists uncover unexpected twist in shipwreck mystery after clues don't add up

Archaeologists thought they had identified a historic shipwreck along the Massachusetts coast — but a closer look revealed a new mystery.

In late September, the remains of a historic shipwreck captured national attention after a powerful nor'easter exposed weathered wooden beams along the shore of Nantucket.

At the time, officials suspected the wreckage belonged to the Warren Sawyer, a three-masted schooner that sank in 1884 and whose remains had previously been documented in the same area in 2022 and 2023...