Saturday, July 11, 2009

How Java's seafarers built their boats in the 6th and 7th centuries


Jakarta, July 11 (ANI): The recent discovery of an ancient boat in Indonesia has shed light on how Java's seafarers in the 6th and 7th centuries built their boats.
According to a report in The Jakarta Post, the ancient boat, measuring 15.6 meters long and 4 meters wide, was found in Punjulharjo village, Rembang district, in Rembang regency.
A team from the Yogyakarta Archaeology Center made a detailed study of the site, about 200 meters inland from the Java Sea coastline, from June 17 to 26 this year.
source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090711/981/tsc-how-java-s-seafarers-built-their-boa.html

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