Marine archaeologists may have found artifacts linked to the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. They have discovered anchors on the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico. These finds are believed to have belonged to ships of the Spanish Conquistadors’ invasion fleet. The anchors were found on the 500 th anniversary of the Cortez invasion of the Aztec Empire .
Divers from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) made the finds. There have been previous finds linked to the Cortez invasion fleet made in the area. The divers were searching the seafloor at a spot north of Vera Cruz. They were conducting a magnetometer survey of the seabed and they identified a number of anomalies. Some cord was used to mark two of the anomalies and sand was removed from the areas.
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