The oldest physical boat is a canoe from roughly 10,000 years ago, but evidence suggests humans have been using watercraft ...

A community in northern Vietnam got to test their archaeological skills when a fish pond construction project turned into an excavation following the discovery of buried ancient boats. Members of the ...

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria's eastern harbor, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a once-splendid city—ports, palaces and temples swallowed by the sea. Submerged ...

The Hjortspring Boat as it is currently displayed at the National Museum of Denmark. “Finding a fingerprint on the tar fragments from the boat was a big surprise for us. Fingerprints like this one are ...

Visitors view the first solar boat of King Khufu, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) CAIRO — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on ...

Ancient wooden boats, some dating back 5,200 years, have been discovered in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota. This significant find ...