Remarkable discoveries: Archaeologists have unearthed ancient boats across the globe, from 5,200-year-old canoes in Wisconsin to 3,500-year-old log boats in England. Why it matters: These finds show ...

A faint fingerprint pressed into black tar more than two millennia ago may help archaeologists solve one of Northern Europe’s ...

Inner wall of the subterranean vaulted building showing a boat tableau (all images courtesy Josef Wegner) Archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered an intricate tableau of boats inside a ...

During recent excavations at the ruins of the medieval royal manor, researchers discovered hundreds of clinker nails, indicating that an Oslo Viking boat grave lies hidden beneath the historic estate.

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CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being reassembled in real time. The cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ancient caulking and cords from the Hjortspring boat, researchers uncovered ...

The Hjortspring boat was built around 300-400 B.C. and excavated in the early 1920s on the Danish island of Als. (By User:Knud Winckelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, https ...

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 ...

Visitors to the Grand Egyptian Museum are now witnessing the meticulous reassembly of a 4,500-year-old cedarwood boat, belonging to King Khufu. The ancient vessel, one of two discovered from the ...