Mini Ep - Ship 17 at Thonis-Heracleion

March 27, 2019 00:33:52
Mini Ep - Ship 17 at Thonis-Heracleion
The Maritime History Podcast
Mini Ep - Ship 17 at Thonis-Heracleion

Mar 27 2019 | 00:33:52

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Show Notes

In this first of what will be ongoing mini-episodes, we examine the discovery and study of Ship 17 at the ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion. After running through the history of this city and it's significance to maritime history, we then read a passage from Herodotus where he describes a baris ship that he saw during his tour of ancient Egypt. We conclude by looking at the archaeological work being done in Thonis-Heracleion by Franck Goddio and Alexandar Belov. Ship 17 in particular has been largely excavated, measured, and thoroughly studied. This rather large ancient Egyptian cargo vessel seems to almost entirely line up with the 'baris' passage from Herodotus, so Ship 17 appears to be the first baris ship to have been discovered in ancient Egypt.

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