One particular model, acquired by the Staatliches Museum (engl.: Land museum) in Kassel, Germany, proves to be helpful to archaeologists and historians in understanding what a hemiolia warship was like. Greek warships were popular subjects to be made in miniature. Models were cast in different materials, including wood, bronze, lead, and clay. The kinds of ships depicted in Ancient Greek models can be classified broadly as small craft, merchant vessels, and warships. While archaeologists have found ship and boat models from societies all around the Mediterranean, the three of the most prolific ship model building cultures were the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Egyptians.Īrchaeologists have determined that Ancient Greek ship models were used as burial or votive offerings and as household articles such as lamps or drinking vessels. The most common purposes for boat and ship models include burial votives, house hold articles, art, and toys. Ancient boat and ship models are made of a variety of materials and are intended for different purposes. Thus, ships carried a great deal of significance to the people of the ancient world, and this is expressed partly through the creation of boat and ship models. Ships "were among the most technologically complex mechanisms of the ancient world." Ships made far-flung travel and trade more comfortable and economical, and they added a whole new facet to warfare. In spite of how helpful ancient boat and ship models are to archaeologists, they are not always easily or correctly interpreted due to artists’ mistakes, ambiguity in the model design, and wear and tear over the centuries. These models provide archaeologists with valuable information regarding seafaring technology and the sociological and economic importance of seafaring. 2000 BCE Models of boats and ships from the Ancient Mediterranean Īncient ship and boat models have been discovered throughout the Mediterranean, especially from ancient Greece, Egypt, and Phoenicia. Model ship from a tomb, Ancient Egypt, c.
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