Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Two previously long-misidentified shipwrecks off Costa Rica’s southern coast have at last been conclusively determined to be 18th-century Danish slave ships, rewriting one chapter in local and Danish maritime history. For decades, the wrecks—resting in shallow water near Cahuita National…
Archaeologists in Barcelona have discovered a well-preserved medieval ship during excavation operations near Ciutadella Park, shedding light on the city’s maritime history. The “Ciutadella I” was discovered about 18 feet (5 meters) below ground level in the area of the…
Hundreds of years before the Viking Age, Nordic Bronze Age societies were likely proficient open-sea navigators who regularly crossed large tracts of ocean directly between what is now Denmark and Norway, suggests a new study published in PLOS ONE. Led…
Maritime archaeologists from the Museum of Wrecks (Vrak) in Stockholm have identified a shipwreck off Sweden’s coast that may be the oldest confirmed carvel-built vessel in the Nordic region. Lying beneath Landfjärden’s waters south of Stockholm, Wreck 5 is believed…
In the shallow waters of Santa Maria del Focallo, near Ispica in Sicily, archaeologists have uncovered a 2,500-year-old shipwreck alongside six ancient anchors. The discovery was conducted during a three-week underwater excavation that concluded in September. The excavation was led…
The shipwreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed vessel from the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, has been unveiled in extraordinary detail thanks to newly released 3D scans. The ship, which sank in the icy depths of the Weddell Sea in 1915…
Off the coast of Sicily, near the ancient city of Gela, recovery operations are underway for the 5th-century BCE Greek shipwreck, “Gela II.” The wreck, discovered in 1980 by divers near Bulala, is a vital historical find that has yielded…
The remains of a 17th-century boat have been uncovered along the Vistula River near Łomianki Dolne, a village just outside Warsaw, Poland. The boat, believed to date back to the time of the Swedish Deluge, a period of intense military…
A recent study led by Dr. Mikael Fauvelle, published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology, proposes that the ancient Scandinavian Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) may have constructed boats using animal skins, specifically seal hides, to navigate, fish, hunt, and trade…
Researchers have recently gained new insights into the mysterious sinking of an Irish merchant ship, the Providentz, which went down off the coast of Norway in 1721. The Providentz, owned by Joseph and Walter Lavit, influential figures from Cork, Ireland,…
