Last summer, an oil and gas company conducting a survey in the Mediterranean Sea stumbled upon a remarkable discovery: the 3,300-year-old remains of a Bronze Age ship carrying dozens of clay jars.

Lechaion, ancient Greece's largest seaport, was the heart of the region's commerce. A new study reveals it may be even older ...

Vessels such as these may have been used for cross-channel trade.Between 1937 and 1963 Christopher and Edward (Ted) Wright discovered three Bronze Age ships at North Ferriby on the Humber foreshore.