Across stormy seas and river highways, we trace how the Viking longship turned Scandinavia into the medieval world’s most feared naval power. We break down what made these ships so lethal and ...

NEWPORT, Wales — It is a ship with no name, none we know today. How it ended up in this port town, buried under mud for 534 years, is a mystery. But archaeologists have determined it is the most ...

(CNN) — Resting at the bottom of Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway, a shipwreck from hundreds of years ago is in almost perfect condition, frozen in time. The vessel, with its unique stem posts and ...

When construction work began on a new arts center in Newport, south Wales, in 2002, the builders on site could scarcely have imagined what they would dig up. While excavating the foundations on the ...

Construction on the Varberg Tunnel in Sweden—part of a modern railway project—has resulted in an unexpected bounty of ...

The ship dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries. Construction workers excavating the site of a former fish market in Spain made a breathtaking discovery in the form of a medieval wooden ship. The ...

Archaeologists excavating a former fish market on the waterfront in downtown Barcelona have discovered the remains of a 30-foot long medieval boat that was wrecked sometime in the 15th and 16th ...

A team of archaeologists has investigated the wreck of a boat that sank in the 15th century, revealing fascinating new insights into the stricken vessel. The so-called "Maderö wreck" was first ...

The capital of Estonia is perhaps not the place where one would expect to find the remains of medieval ships, but that is exactly what happened to a group of construction workers in Tallinn this week.

The 33-foot-long ship, which was found in Lake Mjøsa, may have been from the Middle Ages and has not been dismantled over time Melissa Montoya is an associate editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Researchers mapping Norway's largest lake made a big discovery last month. After embarking on a voyage more than 400 meters (1,312 feet) below Lake Mjøsa's surface with the Norwegian University of ...