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 ancient ...

Greeks have built wooden boats since time immemorial – but EU directives aimed at reducing overfishing have all but destroyed this traditional skill. Since ancient times, the islands and coastal areas ...

Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found off Alexandria matches Strabo’s account, offering new insights into early Roman Egypt.

The Royal Navy came into its own during the "Age of Reason," in which ancient Greece was seen as a virtuous and exemplary society and its aesthetics were widely copied.

Cimon was a statesman and general who died conquering the Persians in Cyprus, but his men abandoned the siege to give him a ...