A group of history buffs want to bring a full-size replica of an ancient Greek warship to the United States and row it in New York Harbor.
The ship is known as a trireme (TRY-reem). It is the same kind of ship the Greeks used in 480 B.C. in their war against the invading Persians. Researchers built a replica in Greece in 1987, but it hasn’t sailed since 1994.
The Wall Street Journal reports that New York city group Trireme is trying to raise $3 million to restore the replica and bring it to the United States.
The group is also trying to recruit one-hundred-and-seventy rowers to row the ship during a tall ships festival in New York on July 4th, 2012.
(source: Wall Street Journal)
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