Another Find In Egypt!

I saw this really interesting article over at National Geographic's website earlier, and just had to post it. Basically, it tells about some archaeologists who have discovered the earliest ocean going vessel ever. The remains of the ship were found in a cave along near the Red Sea, along with rope and cargo boxes. It is believed that these ancient Egyptian mariners set sail over 4000 years ago and ranged as far as 1000 miles from home.

It continues to amaze me how much we are still learning about ancient cultures. Egypt is one of the oldest cultures known to man, and the things they accomplished rival nearly any other civilization on Earth. Now we learn that they sailed the seas long before anyone ever thought they could have, and for greater distances as well. Simply amazing.