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Cardboard Boat Museum: The Small Town of New Richmond, Ohio, Has Raced Cardboard Boats on the Ohio River for 30 YearsSome kids enjoy floating paper boats in the puddles when it rains, but some grownups in the small town of New Richmond, Ohio, took that simple fun idea to the next level.In 1993, Shanna and Jim Morarity started the town’s annual tradition of building boats out of cardboards and then floating them on the Ohio river. The rules are simple: make a boat out of cardboard, tape and paint, with no floatation device allowed.They wanted to see how far the boats would travel before sinking. The first few years, there were only about five local people who participated but the popularity of the fun contest grew. Before long, the regatta became a big hit.Now, friends and family gather and compete against each other in the International Cardboard Boat Regatta that is held every August. This year’s event is expected to have 70 boats racing against each other.Fourteen years ago, brothers Ed and Tom Lemon and their friends noticed that the boats were headed for the trash after the race. They decided to save some of them for display in an old flooded-out gas station, which later became theCardboard Boat Museum. The museum started with 10 boats, and its collection grew to more than 30 boats.Read the full story over at the Smithsonian Magazine.Images: Jennifer Billock/Smithsonian Magazine#museum #cardboard #boat #regatta #cardboardboat #boatrace

Moving King Khufu's Solar Boat from the Giza Pyramids After 4,600 YearsOn August 10, 2021, the oldest and biggest boat discovered in Egypt known as King Khufu's Solar Boat was moved from its home near the Giza pyramids to the Grand Egyptian Museum nearby.So how do you move a 4,600-year-old boat measuring 138 feet (42 m) in length and weighing 20 tons? With as much fanfare as possible, of course!King Khufu's Solar Boat was moved in one piece inside a metal cage carried on a remote-controlled vehicle that looks like a giant semi-trailer. The vehicle was imported from Belgium specifically for this occasion.#Egypt #KingKhufu #boat #SolarBoat #GizaPyramids #EgyptologyEgypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities tweeted a short video clip of the transport:

Divers Found an Ancient Military Vessel in the Egyptian Lost Sunken City of Thônis-HeracleionDivers have discovered a rare ancient sunken military vessel in the sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion, once Egypt’s largest port on the Mediterranean. The city, located off the coast of the modern day port of Alexandria, Egypt, was destroyed by earthquakes, tsunamis and rising sea levels in the second century BC. It sank into the Nile delta by the end of the eight century AD and was rediscovered back in 1933 when a Royal Air Force commander flying over the bay saw ruins under the water.The military vessel sank when The temple of Amun it was moored next to collapsed. A diving exploration revealed the hull of the 25-meter (80-foot) flat-bottomed ship with oars and a large sail, as reported by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities.Images: The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities#Egyptology #LostCity #ThonisHeracleion #boat #archaeology