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| In Peru there is a long tradition of boat building. The method requires the usage of reeds and so is only really practical in an area where reeds grow in plentiful supply The Sumerians used to build their boats from reeds as you can see from the picture on this cylinder seal |
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| Thor Heyerdal set out to prove that ocean travel was possible by reed boat and he proved it with Kon Tiki. Here it is today safely ensconced in a museum |
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| But it�s not a lost art because reed boats are still in everyday use in Peru on lake Titicaca as you can see from the picture of one below. All pretty similar aren�t they | |||||||||||||||||
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| This one has even got a dragon�s head on the stern like the one on the cylinder seal | |||||||||||||||||
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