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, writing in about . Archeologists and historians could find no corroboration of his description until the discovery of the remains of such a ship in the waters around

Thonis-Heracleion Heracleion (Ancient Greek: ), also known by its Egyptian name Thonis ( Ancient Egyptian: ; cop, Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ , ; Ancient Greek: ) and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of ...

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in 2003. The ship, known as Ship 17, the first of 63 ships found in Thonis-Heraclion, measures up to 28 metres in length. It was constructed using an unusual technique to join thick wooden planks together, and had a distinctive steering mechanism with an axial rudder passing through the hull. The underwater archaeological work was carried out by

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and the

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, and the findings are being published in a book by

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for the

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