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Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years

5 mins | Mar 26, 2019
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2,469 years after the Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt, his description of unusual river boats on the Nile has finally been proven; closing centuries of debate in the scientific community.

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