Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

In a 1974 interview with the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the US journalist Mike Wallace briefly referred to the ...

Greeks, Ottomans and Portuguese all sought to control the Persian waterway, whose shores were once dubbed the Pirate Coast.

As Qeshm becomes the focal point of a 21st-century energy war, its silent salt caves and ancient shrines serve as a reminder ...

A U.S. submarine recently sank an Iranian warship in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors. Many overlooked the ...

Chinese vessels are mapping the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans, building detailed knowledge ...

Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans.

Maritime archaeologists have discovered a massive 328-foot ship graveyard off the coast of the ...

For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s ...

When the U.S. launched Operation Earnest Will in 1987 to safeguard commercial vessels in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War, ...

As President Donald Trump looks at ordering US Navy ships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, for naval ...