Two medieval grave slabs — dating back nearly 800 years — were recently recovered from the ocean floor off the United Kingdom, researchers said. The large stone pieces were pulled from the Mortar ...

A grave slab raised from the site of a 13th Century shipwreck has gone on display in a museum for the first time. The Mortar Wreck, so-called for its cargo of stone tools used to grind food, was found ...

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DORSET, ENGLAND—According to a Newsweek report, researchers led by Tom Cousins of Bournemouth University and his colleagues have recovered two marble slabs from the so-called Mortar Wreck, a ...

Maritime archaeologists have recovered two large grave slabs from a historic 13th-century shipwreck. The stricken medieval vessel—known as the "Mortar Wreck"—lies at the bottom of the sea off the ...

At some point during the 13th century, under the rule of Henry III, a wooden ship transporting special limestone sank off the coast of southwest England. The vessel remained hidden in the English ...

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