A new study finds that ancient Greek ship names carried symbolic meanings that shaped crew morale and identity in Athens’ ...

Its voyages yielded important information on the high levels of strength and skill needed to control these ancient warships. Fast, maneuverable, and dangerous, the trireme was the most feared ship ...

The Olympias, a meticulously reconstructed ancient Athenian trireme, stands as a testament to both historical scholarship ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology analyzed 279 trireme names recorded in 4th-century BCE ...

Now, explorers have recovered a piece of that final battle: the bronze battering ram of an ancient warship. According to a statement from Sicily’s Superintendence of the Sea, the ram was found ...

An ancient warship's ram has been slowly disintegrating since it was retrieved from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. A new analysis shows sulfuric acid buildup is to blame. Researchers are ...

An ancient warship's ram has been slowly disintegrating since it was retrieved from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. A new analysis shows sulfuric acid buildup is to blame. Researchers are ...

Here’s how it works. The remains of a sunken warship recently found in the Mediterranean Sea may confirm the site of a major ancient battle in which Rome trounced Carthage. The year was 241 B.C ...

Bones and teeth of ancient Scandinavians excavated from burials, a sunken warship and the sites of a violent massacre have helped an international group of scientists craft an unprecedented ...

The battering ram was once attached to the bow of an ancient warship. Sicily Superintendence of the Sea In 241 B.C.E., two empires faced off in a naval clash off the coast of Sicily. By then ...