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This boat was found practically intact; except for one oar, it was in remarkable condition. Built for Khufu, the ship was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

A c. 1640 painting showing a Dutch ship in the harbour of Recife, Portuguese Brazil. Painted by Abraham Willaerts. (Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam)

Early Scandinavian burial mound marked by stones laid out in a ship-pattern - a practice that was common in Scandinavia from the Bronze Age through the Viking Age. This particular one is situated in Anundshög, Västerås, Sweden, and dates...

Greek trading ship model, 4th century BCE Barcelona Archaeological Museum

Small bronze figurine depticting a ship with a prow decorated with a deer head, found in Sardinia, dating from the Nuragic civilization, Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Museo archeologico nazionale di Cagliari.

The junk ship Bedar Burong Bahri (1980 CE) built on a design used for centuries in East Asian sailing vessels.

Artist's impression of Dutch explorers meeting a French ship near the coastline, with a port town and mountains in the background. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

Relief ship carrying supplies to Belgium, c. 1915. Hoover Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

A bronze wolf which would have decorated the lengthwise beams on a Roman ship. The wolf was made using the lost-wax technique and dates to between 37 and 41 CE. The ring had no function other than decorative, used on occasions to hang garlands...

The trireme (Greek: triērēs) was the devastating warship of the ancient Mediterranean with three banks of oars. Fast, manoeuvrable, and with a bronze-sheathed ram on the prow to sink an enemy ship, the trireme permitted Athens to build its...