Melvadius Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia. They plan to set off on Sunday on a journey that attempts to replicate what the Greek historian Herodotus mentions as the first circumnavigation of Africa in about 600BC. Their vessel, the small, pine-wood Phoenicia, is modelled on the type of ship the Phoenician sailors he credited with the landmark voyage would have used. .... Full article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7550162.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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