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Tag Archives: Crete

Ancient Seafarers & Crete, What Again?

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Rick SpilmanJanuary 4, 2011

An interesting if odd news item today: Cretan Tools Point To 130,000-Year-Old Sea Travel Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world’s first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lore of the Sea | Tagged axes, Crete, seafarers

On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Rick SpilmanApril 18, 2010

Here is an intriguing article suggesting that we humans have been taking to the sea for far longer than had been previously recorded. Recently stone tools have been found on the island of Crete which date back at least 130,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, History | Tagged Acheulean, Crete, Eleni Panagopoulou, Plakias, Thomas F. Strasser
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