Tag Archive for 'Boat'

The 7,300-year-old canoe Marmotta 1 on display in the Museo delle Civiltà in Rome. It is a huge dugout canoe made from an oak trunk about 10.43 m long, 1.15 m wide at the stern and 0.85 m wide at the bow. It is 65 to 44cm high, depending on the part of the canoe. Image credit: Gibaja et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299765.

7,000-Year-Old Canoes Reveal Early Development of Nautical Technology

Mar 20, 2024 by News Staff

More than 7,000 years ago, Neolithic people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats, according to new research. The 7,300-year-old...

3D reconstructions of the three boat types found at Ostia: a fishing boat (left), a small sailboat (center) and a harbor lighter (right). Image credit: D. Peloso, Ipso Facto / P. Poveda, Centre Camille Jullian, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université.

Three Ancient Roman Boats Reconstructed in 3D

Jun 24, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from Italy and France has made realistic 3D reconstructions of three wooden boats from the ancient Roman port of Ostia. 3D reconstructions...

Historian Dan Snow inspecting the 8,000-year-old wooden platform off the coast of the Isle of Wight, UK. Image credit: Maritime Archaeological Trust.

8,000-Year-Old Wooden Platform Found Off Isle of Wight

Aug 21, 2019 by News Staff

Underwater archaeologists working off the coast of the Isle of Wight have discovered an 8,000-year-old structure next to what is believed to be the world’s...

Inner wall with preserved section of vault and remnants of the brick packing in situ on the exterior. Image credit: Josef Wegner.

Archaeologists Find Pharaonic Boat Burial at Abydos

Nov 9, 2016 by News Staff

Archaeological excavations at Abydos, Egypt, have revealed the remains of a subterranean boat burial dating to the reign of the pharaoh Senwosret III (c....