H + 20 : Epilogue II
Turkish Archeology Divers lifting Artefacts from a Roman 4th Century Ship in Yassiada Visited Bodrum's Museum for Underwater Archeology...
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Aug 153 min
H + 17 : A Dorian Port on Lycian Coast
Gliding into the ancient Port of Knidos where once Greek and Roman Ships harboured At 6 am it was time to lift anchor. We planned to...
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hbanziger
Aug 94 min
H + 11 : Plate Tectonics, Lead and Siphons
The Delikkemer Siphon of the Patara Aqueduct is remarkably intact - the pipe is on top Talking about Patara’s siphon yesterday made me...
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Aug 84 min
H + 10 : Patara - Roman Logistics & Tax Hub
Patara's Main Street flanked by Marble Columns lead directly to the Commercial Harbor Readers following this blog must have noticed my...
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Aug 54 min
H + 7 : The Economy of Lycian-Roman Towns
Sunrise over Phaselis' Acropolis - our Sailboat, the Dragonfly, anchored in front to the right What a difference a day makes. Clouds are...
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hbanziger
Aug 15 min
H + 3 : Cilicia to Side - Slave Trading Centers of the Ancient World
The Crusader Castle form the 12th Century of top of Selinus Cliff Another beautiful morning on Cilicia’s coast. We started with climbing...
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hbanziger
Jul 314 min
H + 2 : No Business - No People
We started our Day with Buying 5 Seabreams from local Fishermen returning from the Sea Last night we made it to Anemurium, an ancient...
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hbanziger
Jul 295 min
H - 1 : Ethnic Cleansing Cyprus Style
Last day, before sailing starts tomorrow. We used the day to visit Enkomi, an early bronze-age town, then Salamis, the island’s Roman...
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hbanziger
Jul 214 min
H - 7 : Where to find Tin for Making Bronze
Lifting Copper and Tin Ingots from the Uluburun Ship Wreck Yesterday’s blog reminded me to talk about tin, the rare metal required for...
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hbanziger
Jul 203 min
H - 8 : Purple for the Emperor
Tyrian Dye was not only produced in Tyros but probably throughout the Roman Empire Before starting our journey, I go every year on Google...
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hbanziger
Jul 144 min
H - 15 : Did the Crusades leave anything else than Ruins?
These Walls were built by the Crusaders inside Herod's once magnificent Port of Caesarea Due to the undeclared war between Israel and...
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hbanziger
Jul 84 min
H - 21 : Where are Anatolia's Salt Pans?
Natural Salt Pan in Delice (Kirikkale) in Central Anatolia My recent blog about the high salinity of the eastern Mediterranean made me...
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hbanziger
Jul 56 min
H - 24 : Hyperinflation in Türkiye ?
View from the Galata Tower (built by the Genovese) over old Constantinople with the Bazaar Exactly three weeks ago, the European...
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hbanziger
Jun 295 min
H - 30 : Gaza - Frankincense's Terminal Port
Fishing Boats in the Gaza Port in 2023 before the most recent war Can’t believe that in one month time we will set foot on the Dragonfly....
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hbanziger
Jun 275 min
H - 31 : How Justinian Paid for All That
Byzantine Peasants working the Lands - the Painting is from the 11th Century though Whenever we go on shore this summer, we will find...
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hbanziger
May 314 min
H - 58 : Heard of Muziris or Barbarikon?
Illustration of how Muziris could have looked like - there are no Mountains though nearby 2’000 years ago, the route we sail this summer...
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hbanziger
Apr 264 min
H - 93 : Suez Canal - Dug by Coal and Steel
Yachts leisurely participating in the Bucket Regatta in Saint Barth in March 2022 When we spot sails this summer in the eastern...
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hbanziger
Apr 116 min
H - 107 : Unequal Prosperity in the Roman Empire
Rainy today – no chance to spend time outdoors. Time for another blog then. Wondered for a while as to why the Eastern Roman Empire was...
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hbanziger
Mar 315 min
H - 118 : How Rome run out of Money
“Nothing is certain but death and taxes”. Was reminded of this quote from Benjamin Franklin (1789) recently when I read how Roman Emperor...
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hbanziger
Mar 106 min
H - 140 : Cedars - Lebanon's Holy Trees
One of the probably 2'000 Years old mighty Cedar Trees in the Lebanon Cyprus is not the only country in the Middle East with trees in its...
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