(~804 – ~590 BCE · The Known World, & Parts Unknown)
The Narrator recounts his three-year journey leading a joint Phoenician-Egyptian expedition to circumnavigate Africa on the orders of Pharaoh Naku, or Necho II as he is remembered today.
Based on Chapter 6 of Middle by Geoff Micks.
A stone-carving of a Phoenician ship.
More stylized carvings of Phoenician ships hauling timber. Note the horseheads mounted to the prows.
A cropped version of “Phoenicians Trading with Early Britons” by Frederick Leighton. Note the purple cloth.
A map of Africa provided to offer a sense of the scale of the circumnavigation.
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Credits:
Voice Acting – Geoff Micks
Editing – Geoff Micks
Music – Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay
Additional Music – Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay
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