Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recovery by marine archaeologists of medieval artillery from the wreck of former royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, ...

Off the Swedish coast, the wreck of a 500-year-old royal warship has revealed a remarkable story of ambition, technology, and power. The Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, lost in 1495, was more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have revealed key details about the artillery aboard the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, a late ...

Lund University archaeologists have revealed details of late medieval artillery from the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship, Gribshunden. The shipwreck is the only known example of its kind ...

From the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, archaeologists have uncovered a rare glimpse into the naval power of the late Middle Ages. This warship, lost in 1495, carried an ...

Medieval castles were built to withstand ladders, siege towers and trebuchets, but gunpowder artillery changed the rules. This hands-on demonstration traces the evolution from primitive pole guns and ...

First used for battle in China in about 900 A.D., gunpowder spread throughout Eurasia by the end of the 13th century, eventually revolutionizing warfare as a propellant in firearms and artillery.

The recovery by marine archaeologists of medieval artillery from the wreck of former royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, which sank in 1495, offers an extremely rare look at the evolution of ...