Maritime archaeologists in northern Germany have stumbled upon the wreckage of a 400-year-old cargo vessel that sank nearly standing, thereby escaping the decays from shipworms and continuing to boast the barrels of lime it was loaded with for the stone-building industry of centuries ago.
The ship, a rare find, belongs to the Hanseatic period when a particular group of north-European trade guilds dominated the North and Baltic seas from the 13th to 17th centuries, Live Science reported. Wood...
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