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"Tigris" is a 1979 travel and adventure book written by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. The text documents the Tigris expedition, in which Heyerdahl and an international crew constructed a large, traditional reed boat in Iraq using ancient Mesopotamian techniques. They successfully sailed the vessel down the Tigris River, through the Persian Gulf, and across the Arabian Sea to Pakistan to demonstrate possible ancient maritime contact between the Sumerian and Indus Valley civilizations. The book is aimed at readers fascinated by experimental archaeology and ancient history.
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Tigris ranks #136 of 178 in the Travelogue ranking, behind On the Shores of the Mediterranean, ahead of The Geography of Bliss.
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