5/5 Jorge B. 2 months ago on Google • 362 reviews New
For
someone
like
me
this
museum
is
unique
and
very,
very
exciting,
as
it
documents
in
great
detail
the
exhaustive
scientific
work
and
the
many
adventures
of
a
figure
like
no
other:
Thor
Heyerdahl.
His
views
challenged
established
History
as
it
was
by
the
mid
1900s.
He
went
about
to
prove
that
ancient
man
could
have
achieved
much
more
than
it
was
then
considered
possible.
Having
seen
pyramids
in
Egypt
and
also
in
the
Yucatan
peninsula,
at
the
same
latitude
but
some
10,000
kms
away,
he
hinted
that
this
building
knowledge
could
have
been
taken
all
the
way
across
the
waters.
He
then
constructed
a
raft
made
of
papyrus
reed
and
rope
(called
Ra),
just
like
ancient
Egyptians
would
do,
and
let
himself
float
from
the
Moroccan
coast
for
5,000
kms,
almost
reaching
Barbados,
until
he
stopped
the
expedition
in
order
not
to
risk
the
life
of
his
crew.
He
commanded
a
second
reed
raft
to
artisans
living
in
Lake
Titicaca
and
using
the
same
techniques
of
people
living
in
the
Nile
and
Lake
Tchad,
half
world
apart
and
supposedly
having
never
been
in
touch
with
one
another.
This
time
he
went
all
the
way,
sailing
for
6,100
kms
and
reaching
Barbados
in
57
days.
The
demonstration
had
been
done:
it
could
have
been
done,
these
primitive
devices
were
sea-worthy
and
there
was
a
current
pushing
them
from
North
Africa
to
the
Caribbean
(something
that
Columbus
was
also
aware
of).
In
the
Pacific
he
went
about
to
demonstrate
his
point
of
view
in
the
same
way.
In
an
era
before
DNA
testing
could
tell
us
a
great
deal
of
what
we
now
know,
his
guess
was
that
ancient
populations
would
have
crossed
the
Pacific
from
East
to
West.
Going
deep
into
his
research
he
even
lived
for
one
year
in
an
isolated
island
in
the
Pacific.
Some
years
on
he
launched
his
most
famed
expedition,
the
Kon-Tiki.
This
is
all
very
documented
in
this
museum
-
the
raft,
the
tools,
the
maps
-
in
a
touching
and
exciting
exhibit
which
evokes
the
incredible
courage
of
Heyerdahl
and
his
companions,
the
tremendous
hardship
they
went
through,
as
well
as
his
persistence
and
his
sheer
determination.