In the fourth century BCE, mysterious raiders attacked a Danish island. Now we might finally know where they came from.
A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a ...
After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...
Developing strong, adaptive leaders who embody Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) vision of “United We Sail” is the focus of newly developed training tailored for shipboard leaders.
About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...
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New fingerprint found on Hjortspring boat might help to solve century-old mystery
In the 1880s, archaeologists found the plank boat and a collection of weapons in the bog of Hjortspring Mose. The locals ...
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The Hjortspring boat: Partial fingerprint in ancient tar offers rare glimpse into seafaring past
A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has ...
A simple block of wood holds endless possibilities. In the right hands, it can become something delicate, powerful, or ...
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