Sorry perhaps the word refute was a little strong however the idea that I am extrapolating from the found archeology is rather strange when I am...
Am attaching a paper which details Herodotus narrative line by line. It details the similarities and the differences between between it and ship...
Thanks Ladies and Gents for your continuing interest in this post. I don't think that Herodotus can be disposed of that easily. I don't read...
Thanks Mick. Yes the rudders would have had substantial buoyancy and would have needed lifting from time to time but although blocks had been in...
Thank you for your interest. There is little doubt in the archeological community that they are indeed rudder shaft holes. W s aww 3 would be...
Hi All I am writing a paper on first millennium BC Nile freighter rudders. According to the Greek writer Herodotus they sailed upstream with the...
