{"product_id":"2026200015438-secondhand-the-ra-expeditions","title":"The Ra Expeditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a maverick explorer stakes his reputation — and his life — on a papyrus reed boat crossing the Atlantic Ocean? The Ra Expeditions chronicles Thor Heyerdahl's audacious attempt to prove that ancient Egyptians could have sailed to the Americas thousands of years before Columbus, reconstructing a vessel modelled on those depicted in prehistoric cave paintings and setting out from the coast of Morocco into the vast, unforgiving Atlantic. The book details the two voyages of Ra I and Ra II, from the tense early preparations and the assembly of an international crew, to the dramatic near-sinking of the first boat and the triumphant 57-day crossing of the second, painting a vivid portrait of human endurance and ingenuity against the raw power of the sea.\n\nHeyerdahl writes with the authority of a man who has already confounded the sceptics with his Kon-Tiki voyage, and his narrative style is both scientifically rigorous and compulsively readable, weaving anthropological argument with high-seas adventure. The Ra Expeditions presents a bold challenge to conventional archaeological thinking, arguing that ancient civilisations maintained transoceanic contact long before the modern era — a proposition that remains as provocative today as it was upon first publication. For anyone who has ever wondered how far human curiosity and a boat made of reeds can take you, Heyerdahl's answer is both thrilling and deeply unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203217793243,"sku":"2026200015438-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f55559bc-8554-4dea-b413-366463ce2181.png?v=1788146008","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015438-secondhand-the-ra-expeditions","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}