From the sleek, deadly triremes to the colossal tessarakonteres, ancient Greek ships inspired modern ship design.

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

With a bronze battering ram attached to its prow and a crew of nearly 200 oarsmen, the trireme helped turn Athens into a naval superpower. Harder than it looksOlympias, a reproduction of an ...

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 ...

"Was there only one ship involved in this ancient maritime tragedy ... was part of the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece's (ESAG) 2021-2025 research program, the ministry said.

A Roman-era cargo ship, discovered off the Greek island of Antikythera more than 120 years ago and regarded as the world's richest ancient shipwreck, has yielded yet more treasures in the most ...

The Greek government, reeling from the humiliating ... of treasures ever recovered from antiquity. Hundreds of ancient cargo ships have been excavated since, but only a handful of luxury items ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... It was steered by long oars at the stern or back of the ship. Fixed to the front of the trireme was a sharp metal ram.

In addition, by examining Roman and Greek texts ... modern winds equal ancient winds, we could use the data to analyze sailing mobility. We were able to look at routes the ships took with grain ...