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- Great Pyramid, Giza
- Greece
- Greek, ancient
- Greek language
- Greene, Dr Elizabeth
- Greenland
- Grenville, Roger
- GrÅnlendinga Saga
- Guglielmo della Porta
- Guinea
- Gustavus Adolphus, King
- Hadrian
- Hagia Sophia Church, Constantinople
- Halfdan (Viking)
- Hall, Hugh
- Halley, Sir Edmund
- Halley's Comet
- Hamilton, Emma
- Hamilton, Sir David
- Hamilton, Thomas
- Hamilton, Sir William
- Hampshire, Robert Frederick
- Han Dynasty
- Hardrada, Harald
- Harrison, John
- Hartlebury
- Harun al-Rashid
- Harun, Muhammad
- âHellenistic' kingdoms
- Henrietta Yacht
- Henry Grace à Dieu
- Henry VII, King
- Henry VIII, King
- Hephaestos
- Herbert, Henry, Lord
- Herculaneum
- Herodotus
- Heyerdahl, Thor
- Hinduism
- Hippocrates
- hippopotamuses
- Holbein, Hans the Younger
- Holland
- Hollywood Radio and Television Institute (H.R.T.I.)
- Holmes, Richard
- Homer
- Iliad
- Odyssey
- Hood
, HMS - Hooke, Robert
- Horace
- Howard, Sir Edward
- Howard, Katherine
- Howard, Thomas
- Hubert, David
- Hudson's Bay Company
- humanism
- hunter-gatherers
- Hurst, Henry
- Hyland, Capt Gerald
- Ibn al-Faqih
- ibn Fadl
Ä
n, Ahmad - Ibn Khordadbeh
- Ice Ages
- Iceland
- India
- Indian Army, British
- Indian merchant seamen
- Indian Ocean
- indigenous peoples
- See also
individual peoples - Indonesia
- Ingstad, Anne Stine and Helge
- âinkstone'
- Inquisition, Spanish
- inscriptions
- Chinese
- Greek
- Mary Rose
- Proconnesian marble
- Roman
- runic
- Viking
- Instance Papers, Admiralty
- Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA)
- Inuit people
- invasion, threats of
- Investigator
, HMS - Ionia
- Ireland
- iron
- Iron Age
- ironwork
- Irvine, Captain
- Isabella of Castile, Queen
- Islam
- isotope analysis
- Israel
- Italy
- ivory
- walrus
- Jackson, Ralph
- James IV of Scotland
- Japan
- jars
- Canaanite
- kylix
- pithoi
- stirrup
- See also
amphoras - âThe Jewel of Muscat' (Belitung ship replica)
- Jewish communities
- Jeypore
, SS - Jingzong, Emperor
- Johns, Revd Charles,
A Week at the Lizard - Jolly Batchelor
- Justinian,
Codex Justinianus - kantharoi (two-handled cups)
- Kantium (Kent)
- Kapitän, Gerhard
- Katherine of Aragon
- Kepler, Johannes,
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicae - Key, Francis Scott
- Khobi, Georgia
- Khufu ship
- kilns
- Al-Kind
Ä« - King William Island
- Kingittorsuaq
- Kircher, Athanasias
- Kon-Tiki
expedition - kuangcao
script - Künzl, Dr Ernst
- Kushan Empire
- Kyiv
- kylix cups
- lamps, oil
- Langdon Bay site, Dover
- Lardant, James
- âLascar Agreements', ship
- Late Bronze Age
- lead
- ingots
- poisoning
- seals
- lead-isotope analysis
- Lebanon
- Leidwanger, Dr Justin
- Leifsbúðir
- Leonardo da Vinci,
Mona Lisa - Leong Kong
- Leptis Magna
- Lethbridge, John
- letters (artefacts)
- Lewis chessmen
- libraries
- Libya
- Linacre, Thomas
- Lindisfarne, Viking raid on (
AD
) - Linear B script
- Lion Gate, Mycenae
- lions
- literacy
- Liu Xun,
Ling biao lu yi - Livy
- Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
- Lo Basso, Dr Luca
- âLongitude Prize'
- longships
- Louis the Pious
- Lu Yu,
The Classic of Tea - Lyell, Charles
- Lynn
, HMS - McBride, Peter
- McClintock, Francis Leopold
- McKee, Alexander
- Macrinus
- Madrague de Giens site, France
- Magellan, Ferdinand
- makara (sea-monster)
- Malaysia
- Al-Mam
Å«
m - Man O'War rock, Lizard Point
- Maori people
- marble
- Mary Rose
- Mary Rose Museum
- Mary Rose Trust
- Marzamemi ambo (Church Wreck)
- mask, gold
- Mask of Agamemnon
- Massalia (Marseilles)
- Al-Masudi
- medical practice
- Medici, Cosimo de'
- Mediterranean
- Melanesia
- memorials, merchant seamen
- Mendersen, Kapitänleutnant Ernst
- merchant ships
- merchants
- Merenptah
- Mesopotamia
- metalsmiths
- metalwork
- Mexico
- Michelangelo
- migration
- Milburn, Mark
- Milvian Bridge, Battle of (
AD
) - Miracula Sancti Demetrii
(homilies) - mirrors
- Mochlos, Crete
- moidores (gold coins)
- monks/monasteries
- monotheism
- monsoon winds
- Monte Testaccio, Rome
- Moor Sand site, Salcombe
- Moors, the
- More, Sir Thomas
- Morocco
- mosaics
- Muckelroy, Keith
- Mullion Pin Wreck
- Mulready, William,
The Vicar of Wakefield - al-Muqaddas
Ä« - al-Muqtadir
- Murray, Dr William
- music/musical instruments
- Muslims
- Al-Muta
Å
im - Mycenae site
- Mycenaean civilisation
- Mycenaean sherds
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- narcosis, nitrogen
- Nazism
- Neapolis
- Near East
- Neferneferuaten
- Nefertiti
- Nelson, Vice-Admiral Horatio
- Neolithic age
- New Orleans, Battle of (1815)
- New Zealand
- Newfoundland
- Newton, Sir Isaac
- Nicene Christianity
- Niger, river
- Nigeria
- Nile, Battle of the (1798)
- Niqmaddu III
- North Africa
- North America
- Northwest Passage
- Norway
- Norwegians
- Novgorod
- Nubia
- Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
- Odyssey Explorer
- offerings
- Ogle, Capt Chalomer
- olive oil
- Olmec civilisation
- Olympia
- Olympias
(trireme replica) - Olympier
- Oman
- One Thousand and One Nights
- Operation Husky (1943)
- ophthalmoi
(ship's eyes) - Oseberg ship burial
- Ostrogoths
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Turks
- Owyn, Robert and John
- oxhide ingots
- Pacific Ocean
- paintings
- Pais, Acacio Rozario
- Palaeolithic age
- Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
- paper
- Paracelsus
- Paribeni, Roberto
- Parker Chronicle
- Parker, Dr Toby
- Parks Canada
- Parr, Katherine
- Parry, Capt William Edward
- Paul the Silentiary
- Pausanias
- Paynter, William
- Paynter, William (son)
- Pearl Harbour attack (1941)
- Peloponnesian War (431â404
BC
) - pepper
- Pepys, Samuel
- Pericles
- Periplus Maris Erythraei
(merchant's guide) - Persia
- Peru
- Peter Pomegranate
- Pheidias
- Philostratus
- Phips, Sir William
- Phoenician civilisation
- Piazzale delle Corporazioni, Ostia (âSquare of the Merchants')
- pin manufacture
- P&O
- pirates
- bandeirantes
- Barbary
- Pistacia terebinthus
(Cyprus turpentine) - Pistil Meadow, Lizard Point
- pithoi (storage jars)
- Plague of Justinian (
AD
) - plague passports
- Plato
- Dialogues
- Laws
- The Republic
- Plautianus, Gaius Fulvius
- Plautilla
- Plemmirio site, Sicily
- Pliny the Elder,
Natural History - poetry
- Polo, Marco
- Polybius
- Polynesia
- Polyphemus
, HMS - Pompeii
- Porcupine Abyssal Plain
- Porcupine
, HMS - Porpoise
, HMS - Portugal
- Poseidon
- pots, cooking
- pottery
- Praetorian Guard
- Prettanik
Ä
(Britain) - Price, William George,
- Prince, Capt Lawrence
- Prince of Wales
, HMS - printing
- Prize Papers Project (Göttingen Academy)
- Proconnesian marble
- Procopius of Caesarea
- De Aedificiis
- Persian Wars
- Secret History
- Protagoras
- Protection of Wrecks Act (1973)
- Provincia, France
- Ptolemy
- Puget, Pierre
- Pulak, Dr Cemal
- Punic language
- Pytheas
- Qatna tomb
- Qing Dynasty
- Qudus, Abdul
- Queen Elizabeth
, HMS - Ra
expedition - radiocarbon dating
- Rae, Dr John
- RAF Coastal Command
- Raleigh, Sir Walter
- al-Ramhormuzi, Buzurg ibn Shahriyar,
The Wonders of India - rams, bronze
- Rasmussen, Carl,
Sommernat under den Grønlandske Kyst circa Aar - Ravenna, Italy
- Receiver of Wreck
- Reconquista, Islamic Iberia
- reed boats
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- modelli
- Self-Portrait with Two Circles
- Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
- Renaudot, Eusèbe,
Ancient accounts of India and China ⦠- Riace bronzes
- Richardson, John
- Ridella, Renato Gianni
- rings
- rings, mourning
- risk, siting
- river systems
- Roberts, Bartholomew âBlack Bart'
- Roberts
, HMS - rocs (mythical bird)
- Roman Empire
- Rome
- Roskilde Fjord, Denmark
- Roskilde ships (Skuldelev)
- Ross, Sir James Clark
- Ross, Capt Sir John
- Rowanbank
, SS - Rowe, Capt Jacob
- Royal Africa Company
- Royal Anne Galley
- royal cargoes
- Royal Fortune
- Royal George
, HMS - Royal Navy
- Franklin and
- gold and
- peacetime
- prizes
- âSeaman's Library'
- slave trade and
- war and
- Rubens, Pieter Paul
- Rule, Margaret
- runes
- Russia
- sacrifices, animal
- Sacrificio d'Abramo
- St Mathieu, Battle of (1512)
- St Peter's Basilica, Rome
- St Wynwallow churchyard, Landewednack
- Salakta
- Salamis, Battle of (480
BC
) - San Pedro Mártir, Church of
- San Vitale, Basilica of
- sa
Ë
njué
(âThree Perfections') - Santa Maria Assunta, Basilica of
- Santa Sophia Church, Kyiv
- Sant'Apollinare Church, Classe
- Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Basilica
- Santo Cristo di Castello
- Sauli, Alessandro
- Sauli family
- Sauli, Francesco Maria
- âSave Carthage' mission
- scalpel handles
- Scandinavia
- scarabs
- Schliemann, Heinrich
- Schliemann, Sophia
- Scilly Isles
- Scotland
- scurvy
- sea levels
- seals
- Second World War
- Serçe Limani site
- Severin, Tim,
The Brendan Voyage - Severus, Septimius
- sewn-plank boats
- Å
eytan Deresi - shamans
- Shang Dynasty
- sherds
- Sheriffmuir, Battle of (1715)
- Sherratt, Rob
- âShip of State'
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