A photo shows a section of the 500-year-old wreck where the horizontal planks clearly look side by side. Some sections of planking are worn away but enough remain for archaeologists to consider the ...

Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in medieval warfare, politics, and trade. The drekar, or dragon-headed longships, were ...

The night of the 25th of November 1120, saw a disaster described as the medieval Titanic, a tragedy that would spectacularly change the course of European history. The White Ship cast off from the ...

The mast of Vrak 5 (Wreck 5) as seen in the murky water. Screengrab from video shared by Jim Hansson / VRAK / SMTM But the medieval ship’s most unique feature wasn’t its size or layout.

The large ship measures about 115 feet long and 33 feet wide with a typical mast in the center. But the medieval ship’s most unique feature wasn’t its size or layout. It was its building ...