A single ancient fingerprint, pressed into sticky pine pitch more than two millennia ago, is reshaping what archaeologists ...

Underwater archaeologists announced Monday they had discovered the 2,000-year-old wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria. Divers found the vessel's hull, which was more ...

A fingerprint discovered on the wrecked remains of Denmark’s ancient Hjortspring boat have helped unravel the long-standing mystery behind the Scandinavian plank canoe’s origin. The wreck site of the ...

A single fingerprint in ancient tar is rewriting the story of one of Scandinavia’s earliest seaborne raids. Researchers have ...