CONTENTS

Foreword, by George F. Bass

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

THE SHIPS: REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE

2. Egyptian Ships

3. The Ships of the Syro-Canaanite Littoral

4. Cypriot Ships

5. Early Ships of the Aegean

6. Minoan/Cycladic Ships

7. Mycenaean/Achaean Ships

Appendix: The Pylos Rower Tablets

8. The Ships of the Sea Peoples

Appendix: Homer’s νηυσὶ κορωίσιν by J. R. Lenz

Appendix: Additional Evidence

9. Shipwrecks

ASPECTS OF MARITIME ACTIVITY

10. Ship Construction

Appendix: Did Hatshepsut’s Punt Ships Have Keels? by F. M. Hocker

11. Propulsion

12. Anchors

13. Navigation

14. Sea Trade

15. War and Piracy at Sea

16. Sea Laws

17. Conclusions

Appendix: Texts from Ugarit Pertaining to Seafaring, by J. Hoftijzer and W. H. van Soldt

Notes

Glossary of Nautical Terms, by F. M. Hocker

Bibliography

Index