Archaeologists in England have uncovered a fleet of ancient boats carved from single tree trunks, revealing how prehistoric communities once turned raw timber into reliable river transport. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, depicting several ancient Egyptian pleasure boats; illustrative. (photo credit: VIA WIKIMEDIA ...

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A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has yielded clues to its potential origin—which has long been considered a ...

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria’s eastern harbour, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a once-splendid city – ports, palaces and temples swallowed by the sea.

A groundbreaking discovery has uncovered ancient means of transportation, revealing the evidence of another sophisticated culture around the same time as ancient Egypt. The astonishing findings ...

An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during the Iron Age. When you purchase ...

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