All these discoveries proved that the history of the people in this part of the world is still being discovered.
As I have been saying.
A complicating relationship.
Medieval cargo ship unexpectedly found during construction work in Estonia
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Emily Staniforth published 8 days ago
The powerful Hanseatic League may have owned this ship.
A view of the medieval ship, from the bow, in the excavation pit. (Image credit: Priit Lätti)
Construction workers have found the battered remains of a 700-year-old ship under the streets of the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Buried approximately 5 feet (1.5 meters) underground, the remnants of the ship are made of oak and are just over 78 feet (24 m) long with a beam, the ship's widest point, measuring about 29 feet (9 m) across.
"The original length of the ship was bigger, since the stempost [the vertical timber at the bow] is missing and the bow of the ship is damaged," Priit Lätti, a researcher at the Estonian Maritime Museum, told Live Science in an email. "The ship was probably built at the beginning of the 14th century," according to a dendrochronological analysis, an examination of the tree rings found in the ship's wooden remains, he said. The ship is, at first glance, very similar to other ships found in Europe from the same time period, he added.
Unearthed near Tallinn's Old Harbor three weeks ago, the ship was a significant find for archaeologist Mihkel Tammet, who had been observing a construction project. According to Lätti, when areas under heritage protection are being excavated, an archaeologist must be present. The Estonian Maritime Museum was notified of the ship's discovery to help provide more information and record the find.
