[DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia [PAR] Based on drawings and models from ancient Egypt, the first boat, named Ra (after the Egyptian Sun god), was constructed by boat builders from Lake Chad using papyrus reed obtained from Lake Tana in Ethiopia and launched into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Morocco. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl Expeditions and Archaeology of the Pacific Peoples [PAR] Following the success of the Kon-Tiki Expedition, Heyerdahl organized and led 
the ... These boats were deemed insufficient to cross the Atlantic as the reeds 
were believed to ... the Atlantic Ocean in the 1970s under the command of Thor 
Heyerdahl. .... Kon-Tiki, named after a pre-Inca sun god, became a household 
word. [DOC] [TLE] Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat - May 17, 1970 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat on May 17, 1970. ... Morocco 
across the Atlantic Ocean in Ra II, a papyrus sailing craft modeled after ... built a 
45-foot-long copy of an ancient Egyptian papyrus vessel in 1969, with the aid of 
... Constructed at the foot of the Pyramids and named after the sun god Ra, it was
... [DOC] [TLE] Expeditions - The Thor Heyerdahl Institute [PAR] After a 101 day, 4,300-mile (6,900 km) journey across the Pacific Ocean, Kon-Tiki 
... "There were moments during every one of my experimental raft voyages that I 
was ... Heyerdahl claimed that in Incan legend there was a sun-god named .... In 
1969 and 1970, Heyerdahl built two boats from papyrus and attempted to cross... [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 ... 
earlier, the first Ra expedition had almost made it across the Atlantic Ocean. ... Ra 
and Ra II were named after the sun god Ra and sailed under the flag of the UN. ... 
On the first Ra expedition Thor Heyerdahl constantly noticed floating clumps of... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl. The Ra Expeditions (Ra I and Ra II) to Barbados. [PAR] Aug 5, 2015 ... Ra II set sail from Safi in Morocco on 17th May 1970 and arrived in Barbados ... 
Thor Heyerdahl's Ra Expeditions to Barbados: RA-I 1969, RA-II 1970 ... This led 
him to believe that the early Olmecs originated or were ... But could reed boats 
cross the Atlantic? ... He named these boats Ra after the Sun God. [DOC] [TLE] The Ra Expeditions Revisited - Pacific Lutheran University [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl is probably the best-known proponant of the idea of human travel 
... to Polynesia.1 In 1970, Heyerdahl built a replica of an ancient reed ship and ... 
managed to easily cross the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of North Africa to the ... 
intent and conclusions of the Heyerdahl experimental reed boat expeditions. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl Dies at 87; His Voyage on Kon-Tiki Argued for ... [PAR] Apr 19, 2002 ... Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer who ... important was 
a 1970 voyage across the Atlantic in a papyrus boat to ... (They were later 
divorced.) ... he had a reed ship built and named it Ra, after the Egyptian Sun god
. ... Mr. Heyerdahl's first wife, whom he divorced in 1949, died in 1969. [DOC] [TLE] a reedboat history - Atlantis Bolivia [PAR] In Africa, reed boats are still in use upon Lake Chad whilst reed boats have a ... 
an Atlantic crossing by Thor Heyerdahl in a reed boat called RaI - this vessel ... 
The finished Ranamed for the Egyptian sun godmade entirely of .... Muoz 
and his crew were brought ashore, and the expedition ended on October 16, 
1988. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Since his voyage across the Pacific on the Kon-Tikiin 1947, Thor Heyerdahl has 
been the ... His expeditions to sites of ancient stone statues in the Pacific Ocean 
and ... Heyerdahl and Torp were married on Christmas Eve in 1936, and the next 
day ... built a papyrus reed boat which they named

Question: Thor Heyerdahl's 1969 & 1970 expeditions to cross the Atlantic in reed boats were named after this god
Answer: Ra