The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jun 26, 2025, 02:26pm EDT Jun 27, 2025, 05:34am EDT A medieval ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest-ever medieval “super ship” dating back to the 1400s, a discovery that prompts a rethink of the scale of medieval trade across northern Europe. The ship, named ...

Svælget 2, a 600-year-old vessel, sheds new light on how trade moved across northern Europe during the Middle Ages.

Maritime archaeologists working off the Danish coast have uncovered the remains of a colossal medieval cargo vessel that is already reshaping what experts thought they knew about northern European ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A drawing of an Australasian cockatoo by a Roman Emperor has revealed trade routes between Southeast Asia and Europe were flourishing around 250 years earlier than previously ...

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