The prolonged siege of Acre must come off to the modern reader as an excessively long, drawn out affair. Only military incompetence and excessive caution on both sides could have allowed it to last ...

The wreck was likely helmed by Crusaders fleeing the Siege of Acre in 1291. According to Sarah Pruitt at History.com, radio-carbon dating of the ship puts it between 1062 and 1250. A stash of 30 ...