What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

Scientists delving into the unexplored regions of the Red Sea have uncovered perilous natural traps on the ocean floor. They identified brine pools located nearly 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the ...

Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old ocean journey from Taiwan to Japan using canoes and simulations to test early human ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A genetic mutation conferring resistance to HIV originated in a single individual from the Black Sea region 6,700–9,000 years ago.

The Black Sea's unique ecological environment allows it to preserve ancient shipwrecks. Its 436,400 square kilometers fill the space between Asia and Europe, but its secret lies beneath that ...

A map with all the main Greek colonies in the northern part of the Black Sea – Credit: George Tsiagalakis – CC BY-SA 4.0 Other Notable Colonies. The expansion of the Greek influence through ...

A team of maritime archaeologists researching rising sea levels in the Black Sea has uncovered over 40 ancient shipwrecks.This remarkable discovery, described as a “complete bonus,” provides rare and ...

These fascinating ancient maps can teach us so much about how our ancestors viewed the world. ... In 1321, Pietro Vesconte mapped one of the first accurate nautical charts of the Mediterranean and the ...

This includes the ancient Greeks, the Celts, the Romans, the Iberians, and others. The civilisation located across the Pontic Steppe, essentially the area just north of the Black Sea, is known as the ...

THE world’s oldest shipwreck has been perfectly preserved more than a mile under the sea for 2,400 years. The Greek trading vessel was discovered in an astonishing state of preservation in th… ...