The Wyoming held the distinction of the largest wooden boat of its time, but this wasn't necessarily a good thing. Here's the story behind the ship.

Archaeologists removed the sand dune, then built a “protective wall ... Archaeologists radiocarbon dated the wood and concluded the ship was “likely constructed in the late eighteenth ...

The science can also reveal the origin of old pieces of wood. In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland.

Carpenters worked with wood to design things like cabinets and staircases, while architects designed the ship in their offices. Titanic was built in a graving or dry dock. This is a large enclosed ...