This isn't ancient or medieval history, but who cares?
"The skeletal remains of at least six pirates were discovered at the site of a shipwreck that happened off Wellfleet in 1717." (CBS Boston (Feb. 2021)) "...An investigative team from the Whydah Pirate Museum announced the discovery on Wednesday."
Note: Wellfleet is a town in Massachusetts "located halfway between the 'tip' and 'elbow' of Cape Cod." The history of this area goes way back. According to Wikipedia, "It may have been the 'Promontory of Vinland' mentioned by the Norse voyagers (985–1025). The Manomet River area (taken up by the western end of the Cape Cod Canal in the early 20th century) is claimed by some to have been visited by Leif Eiriksson, and a stone wall discovered in Provincetown in 1805 is also claimed to have been built by his younger brother Thorvald Eiriksson around 1007 AD, when the keel of his ship was repaired in the harbor, according to Norse sagas." Cape Cod was also one of the first places settled by the English in the 17th century.
Video from 2011. The wreckage, discovered in 1984, was positively identified by an inscription on its bell. The rest of this 4(?)-part series can be found here.
The shipwreck here is of the Whydah Gally, a full-rigged, three-masted ship designed to transport passengers, cargo and slaves. The Whydah was commissioned in London in 1715 by Sir Humphrey Morice, governor of the Bank of England, member of Parliament and "'the foremost London slave merchant of his day'". (Wikipedia)
Morice couldn't have been pleased when his new ship was hijacked while returning from its maiden voyage. "In late February 1717, Whydah Gally, under the command of Captain Lawrence Prince, a former buccaneer under Sir Henry Morgan, was navigating the Windward Passage between Cuba and Hispaniola when she was attacked by pirates led by 'Black Sam' Bellamy." (Wikipedia)
Black Sam didn't have much luck with the Wydah, either. According to local legend (which may have some basis in fact) he sailed north, heading to Provincetown so he "could visit his love, Maria "Goody" Hallett – the 'Witch of Wellfleet'" and the Wydah went down in a storm. Back in London, Sir Humphrey Morice was probably gnashing his teeth. Not only did his new ship get hijacked by pirates during its first voyage, but it then sunk in a "violent nor'easter," either as the result of bad luck or navigation error or whatever happened. So much for that investment.
Black Sam was extremely successful -- for a while. According to the New England Historical Society, "In a year, Black Sam Bellamy and his crew raided 54 ships along the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean. All in all they captured treasure worth $120 million today, according to Forbes magazine. That made him the top-earning pirate." A human femur thought to belong to him was discovered in 2018. As for Maria Hallett, the woman he loved, she had his child -- which later died -- and may have spent some time in jail. "According to local lore, she lost her mind or withdrew from society and moved to a shack in Wellfleet. People called her ‘Goody Hallett’ or ‘The Witch of Wellfleet.’ Today a meadow in Wellfleet is known as Goody Hallett Meadow."