Medieval History

The Engelskär wreck was discovered in 1996.  The wreck is lies only in 10 feet of water and is surprisingly unmolested. The exciting thing about this wreck is that the archeologists are finding several whole remains of medieval artifacts that are usually found elsewhere are but fragments of entire pieces they are extracting from this shipwreck. “We have some wrong pre-conceptions about maritime history. In the Middle Ages, the sea was the superhighway … Read entire article »