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

So not much has happened to the ancient Greek trading ship as it has rested on its side in the anoxic darkness 2,000m (1.2 miles) below the surface, even as two and a half millennia of history ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- While many historians have assumed that Greek sailors were using ... test all the amphorae found on the ship to help create a picture of ancient trade. By going on step further ...

Off the coast of Bulala, Sicily, the wreck of an ancient Greek ship was discovered by two scuba divers in 1988. The ship was from the 5th century B.C.E. and was later named "Gela II." The wreck ...

The ship's design tipped off researchers to its ancient origin. The build is one only previously seen in Greek pottery like the famed "Siren's Vase," currently located in the British Museum.

so there weren’t too many ship remnants to speak of. Instead, the team found mostly cargo, including large troves of amphorae—handled jars that were common containers in ancient Greece and Rome.

A sunken trading ship believed to be from ancient Greece has been found in remarkable condition at the bottom of the Black Sea, The Guardian reports. Archaeologists say the vessel is more than ...

A Maryland deep-sea salvage company has discovered the deepest ancient shipwreck ... ports in ancient Greece might have been more common. “We’d always believed that ships hugged the coast ...

Clara Amit / Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority In 2007, the crew of a Dutch ship crossing the Mediterranean Sea unearthed a well-preserved ancient Greek helmet near the Israeli city of ...

The plethora of findings from the rich graveyard of ships includes a ... handout photo provided by the Greek Culture Ministry shows items on the seabed from an ancient shipwreck discovered off ...

A DNA analysis of ancient storage jars suggests that Greek sailors traded a wide range ... containers of the ancient world — from sunken ships dating from the fifth to the third centuries ...

A DNA analysis of ancient storage jars suggests that Greek sailors traded a wide range ... containers of the ancient world--from sunken ships dating from the fifth to the third centuries BC.