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  2. Sea of Galilee Boat - Wikipedia

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    The 'Ancient Galilee Boat' housed in the Yigal Allon Museum in Kibbutz Ginosar. The Ancient Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

  3. List of oldest surviving ships - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.

  4. List of surviving ancient ships - Wikipedia

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    Military vessel Ancient Rome Germany 49 ft (15 m) Oberstimm 2: 100 AD [51] [50] Military vessel Ancient Rome Germany (Manching) 50.5 ft (15.4 m) Barchino F: 2nd century AD [52] Boat Ancient Rome Italy (Pisa) 29.5 ft (9.0 m) Ship A: 2nd century AD [53] Shipping vessel Ancient Rome Italy (Pisa) 98 ft (30 m) [g] De Meern 1: 148 AD [54] Barge ...

  5. Ancient maritime history - Wikipedia

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    In ancient history, various vessels were used for coastal fishing and travel. [3] [obsolete source] A mesolithic boatyard has been found from the Isle of Wight in Britain [4] The first true ocean-going boats were invented by the Austronesian peoples, using technologies like multihulls, outriggers, crab claw sails, and tanja sails.

  6. Fishing vessel - Wikipedia

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    A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.

  7. History of fishing - Wikipedia

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    The Great Fish Market, painted by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.

  8. Traditional fishing boat - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known canoe found in Africa is the Dufuna canoe, constructed about 6000 BC. It was discovered by Fulani herdsman in Nigeria in 1987. [27] During the Iron Age residents of Great Britain used dugouts for fishing and transport. Two ancient dugouts discovered in Newport, Shropshire are on display at Harper Adams University in Newport.

  9. Lashed-lug boat - Wikipedia

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    The lashed-lug technique remains remarkably homogeneous throughout the entirety of the Austronesian range. The keel and the base of the hull is a simple dugout canoe.Planks are then added gradually to the keel, either by sewing fiber ropes through drilled holes or through the use of internal dowels ("treenails") on the plank edges.