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Danish archaeologists recently unveiled a major historical breakthrough. They found the remains of the world’s largest cog ship in the waters off Copenhagen after some 600 years. The announcement, ...

Off the coast of Copenhagen, in waters long churned by ferries and container ships, archaeologists have uncovered the colossal remains of a medieval cargo vessel that vanished roughly 600 years ago.

Maritime archaeologists in Denmark have discovered a gargantuan medieval ship off the coast of Copenhagen. The vessel, named Svaelget 2, is the world’s largest known cog—a merchant ship in the Middle ...

While wandering a beach in Portugal in 2014, a local sculptor stumbled upon an assemblage of wood and metal that had been thrown ashore during a recent storm. Initially, he thought the beached objects ...

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 overlapped ...

Currents, anchors, and passing ships have been disrupting the seabed sound between Denmark and Sweden for years. Before construction work for Copenhagen's new Lynetteholm district necessitated a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest-ever medieval “super ship” dating back to the 1400s, a discovery that prompts a rethink of the scale of medieval trade across northern Europe. Built around ...

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 ...

Danish archaeologists recently unveiled a major historical breakthrough. They found the remains of the world's largest cog ship in the waters off Copenhagen after some 600 years. The announcement, ...