Shipbuilding

Syracuse

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The Greek ship Syracuse, according to some sources the largest ship built in antiquity, rightfully ranks among the most miraculous achievements of ancient shipbuilders. Our knowledge about this ship is largely due to the Greek writer Athenaeus. According to his words, Hiero II, ruler of the Sicilian city of Syracuse (270-215 BC), commissioned the construction … Read more

Phoenicians – The Seafaring People

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…they built for you a fleet of senile cypresses, they took the cedar of Lebanon, raised masts for you; they carved oars for you out of oak wood from Bashan, they made a deck for you from ivory and ebony from the Kitian islands! They made your sails from Egyptian linen, embroidered. And they adorned … Read more