Danish archaeologists recently unveiled a major historical breakthrough. They found the remains of the world’s largest cog ship in the waters off Copenhagen after some 600 years. The announcement, ...

It’s no ordinary shipwreck that maritime archaeologists have uncovered off the coast of Copenhagen, Denmark. Hidden for more than six centuries, the towering vessel has been identified as the largest ...

A massive secret by the waters between Denmark and Sweden has been uncovered by maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark. They found the world’s largest cog, a medieval cargo ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest-ever medieval “super ship” dating back to the 1400s, a discovery that prompts a rethink of the scale of medieval trade across northern Europe. Built around ...

Maritime archaeologists in Denmark have discovered a gargantuan medieval ship off the coast of Copenhagen. The vessel, named Svaelget 2, is the world’s largest known cog—a merchant ship in the Middle ...

Svælget 2, a 600-year-old vessel, sheds new light on how trade moved across northern Europe during the Middle Ages.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ...