Archaeologists find unique weapons chest on 15th-century shipwreck off Sweden

Archaeologists find unique weapons chest on 15th-century shipwreck off Sweden

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches emailSign up to our free weekly Voices newsletterArchaeologists have found a unique weapons chest in a sunken 15th-century ship off the coast of Sweden, shedding more light on the evolution of naval warfare in mediaeval Europe.They assessed the remains of the Danish flagship Gribshunden, or Griffin, which caught fire during its voyage to Kalmar in 1495 and sank in the Blekinge archipelago with a hundred…
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Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/sweden-archaeology-gribshunden-shipwreck-weapons-b2536268.html