Preserved Ship, Drmno, Serbia (Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade)
Part of preserved monoxyle, Drmno, Serbia(Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade)
Strip miners in the eastern Serbian town of Drmno uncovered a flat-bottomed ship and two monoxyles, or dugout longboats, along the banks of an ancient tributary of the Danube near the garrison at the Roman city of Viminacium. Measuring nearly 50 feet long and built for navigating shallow waters, the ship, which carried a crew of between 30