Galeria

Ancient boats and navigation

Marine archaeology studies the human interaction with oceans, seas, lakes and rivers. Boats were used since ancient times as means of transport for men and goods and for war purposes.

Bohuslän Museum

Written on the back: Trireme

National Maritime Museum

Båtmodell av "Nydambåten", hel spantbyggd av trä. Fartyget är klinkbyggt, 5 bordgångar på var sida, sammannitad med metallnaglar. 19 spant, 16 tofter ooh 15 par åror av varierande längd. Årtullar med läderremmar, en styråra, 4 bärlingar, ett ösk…

Hellenic Olympic Committee

Ancient trireme (replica)

Hellenic Olympic Committee

Ancient trireme (replica) with rowers

National Library of Spain

Chinese ink manuscript annotation: “230”; Manuscript annotations in Chinese ink and graphite pencil: “Menandy/Sauvageot/tomo 3º”/“dark background and/toasted details very/marked”/“La vie privé Les anciens”/“Ca de Trajano”/"Column Traja barcas de carg…

University of Bologna

Fragment of the etruscan funerary stele of Vel Kaikna with a relief decoration depicting a Bireme

University of Bologna

Rome, Vatican Museums: Roman bireme, 1st c. AD, low relief from Palestrina

The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Ostracon, irregularly shaped, the sketch, in red, is complete. A cow is standing on a platform, facing left. The platform is placed in a ship with raised stern and bow. Between the cow’s horns is a sun disc.@eng; MM 14088; Gift from Major R.G. Gayer-Ander…

The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Painted wooden fragment. Lid from an ushebti box. I ship with hoisted sail painted in blue, yellow and brown on a white surface.@eng; MM 17982; L. 23,5 cm, W. 15,5 cm.; …

The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Amphoroid crater. Flat disc-base; piriform body; wide, concave neck; horizontal rim; wide, flat handles from rim to shoulder. Hard, buff clay; lustrous, buff slip; lustrous orange red to reddish brown paint. Base and lower body painted; bands encircling l…

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums

Dieses Schiff aus dem Grab des Mentuhotep ist ein Reiseboot, das sich - wie der umgelegte Mast zeigt - auf der Fahrt flußabwärts befindet. Der Schiffsrumpf ist grün bemalt, das Deck weiß mit roten Streifen, die wohl die Balkenkonstruktion wiedergeben soll…

University of Bologna
University of Bologna
Bohuslän Museum

Written on the back: TRIREME a gill ship

Museum of Gothenburg

GAM:46456; Arkeologi (172); Vikingr, 1995; …

Conservatory of the Gironde Estuary
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Ostracon, rectangular, possibly worked edges, sketch on one side in red and black ink. The image is initially outlined in red, then in black. It shows a ship with raised bow and stern. To the left on the ship sits a right facing, ibis-headed god with a cr…