Did the Ancient Egyptians sail as far as the Black Sea? Adventurers will use a boat [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | July 31, 2019 | Ian Randall

[Red Badger]

Why would they?.............

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/colchis/index

Minoan ship to ply Greek seas for first time in 3,500 years
Discovery Channel | Fri Oct 3, 2003 4:41 AM ET | editors
Posted on 07/25/2004 10:54:47 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1178453/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Why would anybody? :^)

[Egyptians] are the only people in the world -- they at least, and such as have learnt the practice from them -- who use circumcision... They practise circumcision for the sake of cleanliness, considering it better to be cleanly than comely... the Colchians, the Egyptians, and the Ethiopians, are the only nations who have practised circumcision from the earliest times. The Phoenicians and the Syrians of Palestine themselves confess that they learnt the custom of the Egyptians; and the Syrians who dwell about the rivers Thermodon and Parthenius, as well as their neighbours the Macronians, say that they have recently adopted it from the Colchians. Now these are the only nations who use circumcision, and it is plain that they all imitate herein the Egyptians. With respect to the Ethiopians, indeed, I cannot decide whether they learnt the practice of the Egyptians, or the Egyptians of them...

Histories, book II: Euterpe by Herodotus, translation by George Rawlinson, transcription by Daniel C. Stevenson

[Red Badger]

It’s interesting that the only gentiles allowed to marry Israelites were Egyptians........

[KamperKen]

"Didn’t the Kontiki expedition prove this +50 years ago??"

That was the Ra Expedition. Cocaine and tobacco were found in the mummy of Ramses which strongly suggests the ancient Egyptians (or someone) crossed the Atlantic.

[central_va]

Egyptians built pretty good galleys in their day.

[Tallguy]

Kontiki was built of balsa wood. Ra was a Thor Hyderdahl’s reed-boat.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Thanks. I read both, but confused them.

[CJ Wolf]

Yep and it’s also pretty well known the achieved space travel too. ;)

[CJ Wolf]

No link sir.

[SunkenCiv]

> Alexander took armies as far as India by the continuous water route from the Medeterranian.

No he didn’t. After crossing to Anatolia, Alexander burned his ships and beat all the asses he met by marching his armies overland.

[blam]

Khufu Boats
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[SunkenCiv]

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[BradyLS]

I thought Thor Hayjerdahl (sic) proved that reed boats could cross the ocean? What’s to doubt that Egyptians could reach the Black Sea?

[BradyLS]

Ah. I missed the ‘almost’ part.