The oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia has yielded an unexpectedly intimate clue about the people who once rode it ...

Severe beach erosion from two late-season hurricanes has helped uncover what appears to be a wooden ship dating from the 1800s which had been buried under the sand on Florida's East Coast for up to ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...

Earlier this week, The New York Times' David Dunlap reported that Ground Zero workers excavating the site for the future World Trade Center unearthed the remnants of a 30-foot wooden ship several ...

In 1545 Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose sank suddenly under mysterious circumstances. In 1982, the rediscovered ship was raised to the surface in a remarkable feat of underwater archaeology that ...

One of the big mysteries that remained after the September 11 attacks was an old wooden ship that was discovered under where the towers once stood during clean up. While excavating the site, a wooden ...

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In the 1880s, archaeologists found the plank boat and a collection of weapons in the bog of Hjortspring Mose. The locals ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has retired its last wooden research ship. The John N. Cobb was decommissioned Wednesday after 58 years of service. Bill Lamoureux, who served as ...