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Ancient Egyptians may be best known for building pyramids, but internationally renowned maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward wants the world to know that they were pretty good sailors, too.

She ought to know. Ward, an associate professor of anthropology at The Florida State University, and an international team of archaeologists, shipwrights and sailors recently built a full-scale replica of a 3,800-year-old ship and sailed it on the Red Sea to re-create a voyage to a place the ancient Egyptians called God's Land, or Punt. Their expedition was financed and filmed as part of a French documentary that will air internationally and on an upcoming episode of "Nova."

"This project has demonstrated the extraordinary capability of the Egyptians at sea," Ward said. ............
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