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3 unusual facts about The Kadakkarapally Boat


The Kadakkarapally Boat

The Kadakkarapally Boat is a shipwreck found near Kadakkarappally, in the Southern India state of Kerala.

This feature has only been found previously on Pharaonic Egyptian boats, such as the Khufu ship dating to the early third millennium B.C. No cultural connection is implied between Egypt and the Kadakkarapally Boat.

Radiocarbon dating done in the United States yielded a date of AD 1020 to 1270, corroborating the C-14 date of AD 920 to 1160 derived by an Indian laboratory.



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