Heyerdahl made other voyages to demonstrate the possibility of contact between widely separated ancient peoples, notably the Ra II expedition of 1970, when he sailed from the west coast of Africa to Barbados in a papyrus reed boat. He …

In 1969, the reed boat Ra – named after the ancient Egyptian god of the sun – constructed of local papyrus reed in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. It was then transported to the Moroccan coastal town of Safi, where it was launched. Heyerdahl assembled a crew of seven men, all from different nations.

2010年2月9日 · On May 17, 1970, Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl and a multinational crew set out from Morocco across the Atlantic Ocean in Ra II, a papyrus sailing craft modeled after ancient Egyptian...

On May 17, 1970 Heyerdahl set sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean to Central America. Yuri Senkevich, who was the expedition physician, later became a popular TV host in USSR and Russia.

2025年1月20日 · On May 17, 1970, Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl set sail from Morocco aboard the Ra II, a traditional papyrus boat, to explore the possibility of ancient maritime links between Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Americas.

The Ra Expeditions: Directed by Lennart Ehrenborg, Thor Heyerdahl. With Norman Baker, Roscoe Lee Browne, Abdullah Dilbrine, Santiago Geneves. Documentary of the Ra expedition organized by Thor Heyerdahl, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a …

2015年8月5日 · Thor Heyerdahl and Ra II left Safi, Morocco on 17 May 1970 arriving Barbados on 12 July 1970. A journey of 6,100 km in a 40 ft reed boat.

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