A community in northern Vietnam got to test their archaeological skills when a fish pond construction project turned into an excavation following the discovery of buried ancient boats. Members of the ...
Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria's eastern harbor, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a once-splendid city—ports, palaces and temples swallowed by the sea. Submerged ...
More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ...
The Hjortspring Boat as it is currently displayed at the National Museum of Denmark. “Finding a fingerprint on the tar fragments from the boat was a big surprise for us. Fingerprints like this one are ...
Visitors view the first solar boat of King Khufu, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) CAIRO — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on ...
Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian “pleasure boat” near the ruins of Cleopatra VII’s lost palace in Alexandria’s royal harbor. The discovery was announced by the ...
Archaeologists uncovered the first known thalamegos near Alexandria’s ancient port, a 35-meter pleasure boat matching Strabo’s account and preserved with Greek graffiti and timberwork. An ancient ...