Boat builders from Lake Chad used papyrus reeds
Boat builders from Lake Chad used papyrus reeds from Lake Tana in Ethiopia, to construct RA'. May 1966. The craft's design was based on drawings and models Thor Heyerdahl researched from ancient Egypt. The boat was named RA, after the Egyptian Sun god. (CSU_2015_9_937)
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
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