Live Science reports on the discovery of a well preserved seventeenth century trading ship in the waterways near Lübeck. The vessel, which appears to have sunk in 1680, is extremely well preserved - a very unusual feature in those waters - and potentially offers an insight into the Hanseatic trade in lime at the time and also into contemporary domestic life.
The report can be read at Rare 400-year-old ship found in German river is a stunningly preserved 'time capsule'
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