Hidden for six centuries, the largest known medieval cargo ship, known as a cog, has been uncovered off the coast of ...

The Vikings built fast ‘dragon-ships’ and ‘long ships’ for raiding and war. They also had slower passenger and cargo ships called ‘knorrs’. They built smaller boats too, for fishing or short trips. A ...

The discovery of the world’s largest cog, Svælget 2, was made by maritime archaeologists off the coast of Denmark and Sweden ...

A single fingerprint in ancient tar is rewriting the story of one of Scandinavia’s earliest seaborne raids. Researchers have ...