Trans-Mediterranean Reed Boat Expedition Abora 2
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Today in Alexandria, the Abora 2 is fulfilling one of the dreams of its owner and sponsors to deliver gifts to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina from the Kon Tiki Museum in Norway in honor of the Inauguration before embarking on a mission to demonstrate that the exchange of cultures began during the Stone Age, well before the Pharaonic Civilization had its beginnings.
Dominique Goerlitz, founder of the Abora project, believes that before written history existed the peoples of Egypt succeeded to successfully conquer the Mediterranean Sea.
Mr. Goerlitz and the Abora 2 arrived in Alexandria in mid-March and have been stationed at the Alexandria Yacht Club to complete their work before setting sail later this week.Today in Alexandria, the Abora 2 is fulfilling one of the dreams of its owner and sponsors to deliver gifts to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina from the Kon Tiki Museum in Norway in honor of the Inauguration before embarking on a mission to demonstrate that the exchange of cultures began during the Stone Age, well before the Pharaonic Civilization had its beginnings. Dominique Goerlitz, founder of the Abora project, believes that before written history existed the peoples of Egypt succeeded to successfully conquer the Mediterranean Sea. Mr. Goerlitz and the Abora 2 arrived in Alexandria in mid-March and have been stationed at the Alexandria Yacht Club to complete their work before setting sail later this week.
The principal purpose of the expedition consists of sailing with the reed boat ABORA II from Alexandria in the cultural triangle of Egypt-Lebanon-Aegean and back. Certain parts of the voyage must be driven against the current and at least transverse to the wind. The practical proof of this navigational performance would supply new proofs for the propagation of the cultural spread over the sea in pre-Egyptian times.The principal purpose of the expedition consists of sailing with the reed boat ABORA II from Alexandria in the cultural triangle of Egypt-Lebanon-Aegean and back. Certain parts of the voyage must be driven against the current and at least transverse to the wind. The practical proof of this navigational performance would supply new proofs for the propagation of the cultural spread over the sea in pre-Egyptian times.
Mr. Goerlitz has based his design of the Abora 2 on recently discovered rock drawings in Upper Egypt, likely painted at the end of the 4th Millenium B.C. showing that sailing was common in the entire NE-Africa. The rock picture research proves that these boat pictures were predominantly made of papyrus-reed. Some of these boat pictures indicate sword-like structures at the trunk, which enable these vessels to sail probably crosswise and even against to the wind. This sailing characteristic is the prerequisite for the first regular commercial contacts across the sea and even for the cultural spread to the lands beyond the Eastern-Mediterranean.Mr. Goerlitz has based his design of the Abora 2 on recently discovered rock drawings in Upper Egypt, likely painted at the end of the 4th Millenium B.C. showing that sailing was common in the entire NE-Africa. The rock picture research proves that these boat pictures were predominantly made of papyrus-reed. Some of these boat pictures indicate sword-like structures at the trunk, which enable these vessels to sail probably crosswise and even against to the wind. This sailing characteristic is the prerequisite for the first regular commercial contacts across the sea and even for the cultural spread to the lands beyond the Eastern-Mediterranean.
The ABORA 2 was constructed according the pattern of pre-dynastic rock drawings to prove experimentally that the Egyptians sailed their vessels not only on the Nile but that they also made connections over the sea. The name of the papyrus boat ABORA 2 is borrowed from a very old symbol found on the step pyramids on the Canary Islands.The ABORA 2 was constructed according the pattern of pre-dynastic rock drawings to prove experimentally that the Egyptians sailed their vessels not only on the Nile but that they also made connections over the sea. The name of the papyrus boat ABORA 2 is borrowed from a very old symbol found on the step pyramids on the Canary Islands. The ABORA 2 was constructed according the pattern of pre-dynastic rock drawings to prove experimentally that the Egyptians sailed their vessels not only on the Nile but that they also made connections over the sea. The name of the papyrus boat ABORA 2 is borrowed from a very old symbol found on the step pyramids on the Canary Islands.
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