In 2008, diamond miners in Namibia's desert uncovered the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese ship lost in 1533 enroute to India. The ...

Yr-Old Wreck of a 'British' Sailing Ship Found With Well-Preserved Cannon and Anchor Stuns Archaeologists Water bodies can keep secrets, but they can't bury them forever. One or the other day, they ...

But the use of carvel-style flush planks — an innovation from the Mediterranean dating to about the seventh century A.D. — meant that a ship's hull could be reinforced with framing to make it stronger ...

Sergii Vasylchenko/istockphotoFrom centuries-old galleons to modern-day cargo ships, model ships capture the essence of ...