Researchers dated the ship by conducting tree-ring analysis, which showed it was built with timber from Pomerania, in ...

Archaeologists find largest-ever medieval ‘super ship’ longer than two school buses - Archaeologists say ship was built with ...

Maritime archaeologists in Copenhagen discovered the well-preserved remains of the Svaelget 2, a massive medieval merchant ...

The remains of Svaelget 2 included a covered platform known as a "castle deck" where sailors could hide from the weather.

For six hundred years, it remained buried underneath a thick blanket of sand and silt in the chilly waters between the ...

The shipwreck is exceptionally preserved and provides the first archaeological confirmation of features seen in illustrations ...

This week I moderated a conversation about the three great West African empires of the medieval period between 1100-1500 AD: ...

Svælget 2, a 600-year-old vessel, sheds new light on how trade moved across northern Europe during the Middle Ages.

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an ...

Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the "Svaelget 2" is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts say the 600-year-old discovery is "exceptionally well-preserved" ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jun 26, 2025, 02:26pm EDT Jun 27, 2025, 05:34am EDT A medieval ...