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Jonathan Kingston

A man looks down from the wall of Jaisalmer Fort in Jaisalmer, India. Today, roughly 7,000 modern windmills power the 12th-century sandstone desert city.

Archaeologists perform a magnetometer survey under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A tape measure is staked to the centre of a circle, providing a visual guide for the search.

Archaeologists review a map of anomalies detected during an underwater magnetometer survey near Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz.

Project archaeologists prepare to search the seafloor with a magnetometer, which can detect buried metallic objects such as anchors and iron nails.

Founded 500 years ago as the first Spanish town in what is now Mexico, today Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz is a destination for weekend revelers escaping the city of Veracruz to the south.

The Lost Ships of Cortés team of international marine archaeologists rides out to a dive target to near Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz.

An aerial view of the fort built by Hernán Cortés and his men in Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz in 1519.

High above the bay where Cortés established Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz are the ruins of Quiahuiztlan. Its residents allied with the conquistador, who shortly thereafter conquered the Aztec Empire by capturing Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City).

This 16th-century anchor may help researchers eventually locate what's known as the 'Lost Fleet' of conquistador Hernán Cortés.

Project co-director Frederick Hanselmann fans sand away from the 16th-century anchor that may have belonged to from Hernán Cortés scuttled fleet.