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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher who died in 270 B.C ... The Roman historian Livy referred to unidentified objects as a ...

A FLEET of Greek galley ships arrived at a Scots harbour today as filming for a major Hollywood blockbuster took over the town. Buckie Harbour on the Moray Firth was turned into a scene of an ...

The city’s main harbor, located along the Gulf of Corinth, was the largest port in ancient Greece. In previous work ... They did so in ships likely loaded with pottery, perfume, food, and ...