* Explored the western coast of Africa as far as Cape Cross in present-day Namibia (1485-1486)
* Made contact with the Kingdom of Kongo and established diplomatic relations
Archaeologists from the Stockholm University Archaeological Research Laboratory have located a unique shipyard from the Viking Age at the Birka site on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The discovery calls into question previous theories about how maritime activities were organized in the Viking
The exceptional discovery of the ship-grave of Sutton Hoo (United Kingdom), in 1939, is the central theme of the film The Dig currently broadcast on Netflix. An excavation that has upset what we know of the Dark Ages, the British High Middle Ages. Gold belt buckle, a masterpiece of 7th century cra
In 2015 the remains of the San José galleon were found , near the coast of Cartagena de Indias, which, according to chroniclers of the time, was loaded with eleven million strong pesos. Since the discovery, a conflict has arisen between the Colombian government, which considers the discovery to be C
The Nebra sky disk is a unique prehistoric bronze and gold object that some interpret as an astronomical tool, but whose actual function is not entirely clear. It was discovered by two treasure hunters in 1999, on a hill (Mt. Mittelberg) in the Ziegelroda Forest near the town of Nebra (Saxony-Anhal