Archaeological research conducted in Crete made it possible to find evidence of the first sea voyages in history, which the discovery was more than 130,000 years ago.
A statement from the greek ministry of culture said that the excavations in Plaka have allowed it to find "the oldest ry of navigation in the world": this would be some artifacts from before the Neolithic, was in the middle Paleolithic (between 700,000 and then 130,000 years ago).
instruments, the "axes" were found at the "underwater pliattaforme dating back at least to 130,000 ago ... That
provides evidence that the first sea voyages in the Mediterranean are much earlier than what has previously been thought. "
According to the directors of the excavations, the American Thomas Strasser and greek Eleni Panagopoulou, these excavations are new light on the history of colonization ' Europe by hominids came from Africa. "
According to historians, so far the journey of African hominids in Europe had been conducted on foot. The new findings show, however, that some of them also moved by sea.
Source: Wall Street Italy / AGI, 03/01/2011
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