[DOC] [TLE] Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat - May 17, 1970 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The Ra II crossed the 4,000 miles of ocean to Barbados in 57 days. ... To explore 
this theory, he built a copy of a prehistoric South American raft out of balsa ... 
Heyerdahl built a 45-foot-long copy of an ancient Egyptian papyrus vessel in 
1969, ... the sun god Ra, it was later transported to Safi in Morocco, from where it 
set sail... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a 
background in zoology, botany, and geography. He became notable for his Kon-
Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific 
Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. ... The 
expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have... [DOC] [TLE] The Ra Expeditions Revisited - Pacific Lutheran University [PAR] America is a perfect example of such a cultural process constantly at work in a ... 
Given this ancient use of the reed boat, Heyerdahl designed a practical ... He 
would create a working replica of a reed ship and attempt to cross the Atlantic. ... 
Ra II sailed forth from Safi and this time successfully crossed the Atlantic in 57 
days. [DOC] [TLE] The Ra Expedition - KON-TIKI MUSEET : THOR HEYERDAHLS ... [PAR] The Ra Expedition On 17th May 1970, the reed boat Ra II set sail from Safi in ... to 
prove that one could have used this type of vessel to cross the Atlantic ... Thor 
Heyerdahl had used wall paintings of papyrus vessels from ancient Egyptian 
burial sites and ... Thor Heyerdahl also reported his observations to the USA, 
both to a... [DOC] [TLE] a reedboat history - Atlantis Bolivia [PAR] Heyerdahl followed this up with RAII in 1970 when he got boatbuilders from ... to 
fly over to Morrocco and build the boat for him which crossed the Atlantic with ... 
The raft was detained briefly, then sailed out of Peru and into Ecuadorian waters. 
.... ancient people in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley and Egypt could have built... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ANCIENT EGYPT - StudyStack [PAR] IN 1970 HE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ON RA II TO PROVE THE ANCIENT 
EGYPTIANS COULD HAVE SAILED TO AMERICA, THOR HEYERDAHL. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl - NNDB.com [PAR] By crossing both the Atlantic and the Pacific in simple native crafts, Heyerdahl 
showed that ancient peoples could have crossed much greater distances than ... 
He resolved to do so himself and thus, studying traditional South American boat 
... in a 45 foot ancient Egyptian style craft built of bundled papyrus reeds -- the Ra 
II. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl Expeditions and Archaeology of the Pacific Peoples [PAR] The First Expeditions to Polynesia (1937-38) and Northwest America ... and 
showed that the ancient Peruvians could have reached Polynesia in this manner. 
... of Ra I and Ra II, the totora rafts that crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the 1970s .... 
Seeking to prove his theories, Heyerdahl made other voyages after Kon-Tiki, 
sailing... [DOC] [TLE] When the Smithsonian discovered an ancient Egyptian colony in the ... [PAR] Jan 13, 2012 ... Did Egyptians cross the Pacific Ocean and wander the American ... Therefore, I 
can tell you that the Smithsonian Institute has never been ... told the Los Angeles 
Times he had discovered the remnants of an ancient ... The following year, 
1970, another similar vessel, Ra II, was built and set sail across the... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl sets sail in Ra II, 17 May, 1970 -- Tiki Central [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl sets sail in Ra II, 17 May, 1970 ... Thor Heyerdahl's first attempt to 
prove the ancient Egyptians could cross the Atlantic in a Papyrus reed boat, ... 
World technology and belief could have come from across the Atlantic. ... more 
modern Egyptian reed river boats, and he decided to base the Ra II... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl Dies - The Washington Post [PAR] Apr 19, 2002 ... This time the boat was put together by South American boat builders. ... 1970. 
Fifty-seven days later, after

Question: In 1970 he crossed the Atlantic on Ra II to prove the ancient Egyptians could have sailed to America
Answer: Thor Heyerdahl