The RA Expeditions Author:Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove that the ancient Egyptians could have sailed from their country to the New World in a reed boat. — Thor is the guy who proved in "Kon-Tiki" that the ancient Melanesians could have made the trip to South America in balsa wood rafts. — This is a paperback book with lots of excellent color pics. I have not had time to ... more »read it, but it looks well worth it.« less