PHOENICIAN WAR GALLEY

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PHOENICIAN WAR GALLEY

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:13 pm

She is given as a Phoenician galley warship, she has two rows of oars on each side which type of galley is a bireme.

Shipbuilders, probably Phoenician, a seafaring people who lived on the southern and eastern coasts of the Mediterranean, were the first to create the two-level galley that would be widely known under its Greek name, diērēs, or bireme. Even though the Phoenicians were among the most important naval civilizations in early Antiquity, little detailed evidence have been found concerning the types of ships they used. The best depictions found so far have been small, highly stylized images on seals which depict crescent-shape vessels equipped with one mast and banks of oars. Colorful frescoes on the Minoan settlement on Santorini (c. 1600 BC) show more detailed pictures of vessels with ceremonial tents on deck in a procession. Some of these are rowed, but others are paddled with men laboriously bent over the railings. This has been interpreted as a possible ritual reenactment of more ancient types of vessels, alluding to a time before rowing was invented, but little is otherwise known about the use and design of Minoan ships.

In the earliest days of the galley, there was no clear distinction between ships of trade and war other than their actual usage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley
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