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Phoenician Small Ship
An Assyrian relief from King Sargon II's palace at Khorsabad showing a Phoenician ship transporting cedar logs. This type of vessel was probably used for coastal work and transporting goods to shore from larger cargo vessels. 8th century...
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Ship Procession Fresco, Akrotiri
Bronze Age fresco of a ship procession from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini). From Room 5 of the West House, c. 2000-1500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
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Phoenician-Punic Ship
A Phoenician-Punic ship from a relief carving on a 2nd century CE sarcophagus
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Diagram of the Stowage of Slaves on a Slave Ship
A diagram showing the stowage of the British slave ship Brookes under the regulated slave trade act of 1788.
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Sailing Ship Through a Telescope
A sailing ship typical of the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730) as seen through a telescope. From the TV series Black Sails.
©2014 Starz Entertainment
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Ship Relief, Saguntum
A marble relief plaque depicting a ship in African waters. 2nd - 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Sagunto, Spain)
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Roman Grain Ship Model
Model of a Roman grain ship,
National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel.
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Neumagen Wine Ship
Funerary stone monument in the shape of a rowing ship for transport of wine barrels on the Moselle river. The barge is loaded with four large wine-barrels, and manned by six oarsmen and two steersmen, one of whom is marking the time by clapping...
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Peter the Great's Ship
Peter the Great's ship, rigged with a sail and a mast with the help of Dutch carpenters.
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Birth of the Ship - Viking Ship Construction 30
In the end, the Viking ship was born through the successive joining of wood, iron, wool, tar, oil, and human labour. The trunk in the forest had become timber in the timber yard, a shell in the shipyard, and finally, an elegant vessel was...