A Georgia museum in the state’s oldest city is preparing to display recovered artillery believed to date to the American Revolution. According to reports, a truckload of historical items arrives at the museum, including 17 cannons that experts say sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the conflict. The cannons are described as having remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years, preserving them until their recovery in modern times. The museum’s receipt of the artifacts marks the next phase in making the finds available to the public. The sources describe the cannons as part of the “earliest period” of U.S. history and attribute the underwater location and long timeframe to the Savannah River incident during the Revolution. While both outlets focus on the arrival of the objects and the significance of their Revolutionary War-era origins, neither report disputes the overall identification timeline, instead emphasizing that experts have linked the cannons to the 18th-century sinking and that the museum is now taking steps to exhibit them. The cannons’ planned display is expected to give visitors insight into naval or river-related military activity during the war.