A Norwegian man slept through the night as a 443-foot cargo ship ran aground in his yard and came to a stop just a few feet from his bedroom window.

In Freedom Ship, Marcus Rediker (a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and author, among other books, of The ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

Charlie Kneen, managing director of Solvd Together, reflects on the shifting landscape of aviation and makes the case for a human-centred, development-driven reset to meet these challenges head-on.

Archaeologists have confirmed that two shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica are the remains of the Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, two Danish slave ships that have been missing ...

from their cargo. The analysis revealed that the ships were most likely slave trade vessels Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, two of the “most dramatic shipwrecks” in the history of ...

Researchers analysed timber and bricks taken from the shipwrecks during an underwater excavation off Costa Rica in 2023, and assessed samples, including clay pipes, from their cargo. The analysis ...

There’s a long history of hate groups using new technologies to spread their message. In the 1930s, it was radio. In the 2010s, it was social media. In 2025, it ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ... the ship "specifically to obtain samples of the ship's timber." He added, "No human remains ...

For years, many assumed that the shipwrecks in the shallow waters of Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park were pirate ships. But a recent study has found that they were actually two Danish slave ships, ...