The announcement was made on Saturday, 3rd of February, the president of the Nautical Museum of Crete, retired admiral (NT excuse the titles I am not good at them!!!) Konstantinos Manioudakis and the head of the research team, captain Apostolos Kourtis.
The particular type of vessel is of great interest since it represents an excellent example of the construction method which is known as "islandic naval architecture school" (NT Naval Design School/Method of the Islands) which could be found in Bronze Age.The particular type of vessel became the basic tool for the expansion of the Minoan civilisation throughout the Mediterranean.
It is the second time that internationally such a project is undertaken, as fifteen years ago the Cyrenia Boat, was constructed (......)