The disappearance of bodies is not mysterious when viewed scientifically. It is a reminder that:
The ocean is an active system
Even the largest human tragedies are eventually absorbed by the environment
Conclusion
The absence of bodies in the Titanic wreck is not the result of conspiracy, neglect, or removal. It is the inevitable outcome of extreme depth, chemical dissolution, biological consumption, and the passage of time.
What remains—shoes resting side by side, a pocket watch frozen in time, a child’s doll half-buried in sediment—may be more powerful than skeletons ever could be. These artifacts remind us that the victims were real people, not just numbers in history.
The Titanic did not keep its dead. The ocean returned them to itself.
