Thursday, August 14, 2008

Shipwreck Blog: Homerian-Era Greek Sewn Boat

An exciting find. A Greek ship built 2500 years ago, in the fashion of ships from the Iliad.

Apparently the planking on the ships were stitched together with rope, instead of nails or pegs. I'd never heard of that sort of construction before. Thus it will be filed under...

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