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To study ancient seafarers, researcher built a replica ship - and sailed it
Stars and Stripes ^
| September 17, 2022
| Dave Kindy ("special to the Washington Post")
Posted on 09/24/2022 10:12:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:12:58 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:13:39 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:19:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:20:53 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
But but but. Global warming
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:25:32 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for another great post.
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:26:15 PM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: Paladin2
That’s what first came to mind. I looked into the bathymetry of the Mediterranean. Average depth is 1800 feet. Even between Italy and Albania, there are places where pulling an anchor rope would be a real chore.
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:37:52 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Harbors rule...
That may be why many were built in the Med. back in the daze of earlier Civ.
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:40:48 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Made me wonder if perhaps they employed drift socks in times of unfavorable winds. Strike the sail and throw it out.
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:48:12 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Good question.
Somebody had to invent the concept.
What do the currents in the Med look like?
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:58:13 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
Sorry, I almost pinged you to your own thread...
past my bedtime.
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posted on
09/24/2022 10:59:38 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Paladin2
Looks like port-hopping counterclockwise would be pretty easy, with favorable winds.
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posted on
09/24/2022 11:27:21 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for another very interesting read!
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posted on
09/25/2022 12:28:22 AM PDT
by
blu
(Bagster's ping on the side oh, and FJB!)
To: SunkenCiv
Study showed that breeze cycles haven’t changed in three millennia. If climate change has been occurring as they say, wouldn’t it have effected the breeze cycles?
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posted on
09/25/2022 12:28:32 AM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: gundog
Getting through the straits of Messina would appear to be the tough part.
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posted on
09/25/2022 1:20:49 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: SunkenCiv
Done already like 50 yrs ago with Kontiki.
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posted on
09/25/2022 1:40:31 AM PDT
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Bullish
(Rot'sa Ruck America. )
To: Bullish
That is what I was thinking.
Well at least he was smart enough to someone to pay him while he did it.
To: SunkenCiv
What this research will prove is how amazing seafarers of the day were given the limited technology they had. Some humans, when given a problem, sure have the ability to figure out unique solutions that end up helping all of us.
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posted on
09/25/2022 3:39:48 AM PDT
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
To: joma89
Profits could be so enormous, taking a cargo that was cheap in one place to where it was super valuable and expensive, that sailors were willing to take what we today would consider wild risks.
I don’t know about the BC Med, but I’ve read estimates that during the first centuries of trans-Atlantic voyages, ten percent of ships were lost at sea.
Yet they kept going. The rewards were enormous. Even for migrants, getting to the “new world” could be a huge life changer. Peasants could rise to land owners, nearly impossible in Old Europe. Minor nobles could live like kings.
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posted on
09/25/2022 4:31:16 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: SunkenCiv
Please see 19.
As soon as the Vikings figured out sailing, they set off to raid England, for profit.
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posted on
09/25/2022 4:33:07 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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