Preliminary studies show both vessels found in Vietnam are structurally intact. One measures 15 meters long by 2.2 meters wide, and the other is 14 meters long by 1.6 meters wide.

For centuries, the glorious works of Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian often dubbed the 'Father of History,' have ...

Having few large trees of their own besides Nile acacia and tamarisk, the ancient Egyptians had ... As can just be made out here, in the ship's prow stood a second, wood-framed canopy.

PANAJI: The 5th-century wooden ship being constructed at Divar slipped into the waters of Mandovi for the first time on Wednesday. Billed as India’s first attempt at replicating the ancient ...

If accurate, these dimensions would signal the biggest wooden ships ever built. Only the mightiest wooden warships of the Victorian age approached these lengths, and several of these vessels ...

We published a very detailed study about the reinvention (and building process) of wooden cargo ships in Tamil Nadu (for an ancient reference to these boats, see Hawkins, Clifford W. 1965. “THE ...