Friends and colleagues: Legendary personages are not always purely mythological or simply the stuff of Hollywood movies: sometimes they are very real. Such is the case with the pirate Blackbeard, the subject of Queen Anne's Revenge Overview, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org). Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate in the history of seafaring, met his end on the North Carolina coast in 1718. In 1996, divers searching for shipwrecks discovered a room-sized mound of cannons, anchors, and ballast stones that state underwater archaeologists agreed quite possibly was the remains of Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, lost at that location in 1718. This video highlights recent underwater excavations conducted at the site, representing one of the most ambitious archaeological assessments of a North Carolina shipwreck. Through the artifacts recovered from that site, Blackbeard steps out from the shadows of the past and becomes a tangible historical figure. This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community. Please forward this message to others who may be interested and let us know if you wish to be removed from our mailing list. Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA President and Executive Director Archaeological Legacy Institute http://www.archaeologychannel.org _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before. Get a better look now. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA148