{"id":31591,"date":"2024-07-17T12:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preproductiondemo.com\/theinsider\/?p=31591"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:50:03","slug":"zayed-national-museum-rebuilding-old-marine-vessel-used-by-gulf-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preproductiondemo.com\/uae-insider\/zayed-national-museum-rebuilding-old-marine-vessel-used-by-gulf-sailors\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum is rebuilding a 4,000 year old marine vessel used by Gulf sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Initiated by\u00a0Zayed National Museum, the project to rebuild the boat aims to expand what we know about the Gulf\u2019s maritime past and the wider history of ship construction. The boats once connected ancient Gulf communities to those as far away as Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq and South Asia.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The ‘Magan vessel’ from the Bronze Age is on a mission to recreate an important chapter from the UAE\u2019s ancient past while pointing to the future of one of its most important cultural institutions.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The vessel, called a Magan Boat in ancient times, was built with raw materials described on an ancient clay tablet and using techniques dating back to 2100 BCE. The boat passed several rigorous tests and covered a distance of 50 nautical miles (92.6 kms) in the Arabian Gulf. Captained by Emirati sailors with a team of shipwrights from the broader region and accompanied by the UAE Coastguard, the ship passed two days of sea trials, reaching speeds of up to 5.6 knots under a sail made of goat hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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