Ina the Octopus and Her Shipwreck Adventure

Download or read book Ina the Octopus and Her Shipwreck Adventure written by Amy Way Anton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Ina the Octopus as she discovers that her secret hideout beneath the sea is the world s oldest shipwreck. Ina makes friends with a nautical archaeologist who explains how he and other divers learn about the past by digging up the shipwreck and studying it in a museum laboratory. Ina s home is next to the Uluburun shipwreck, a ship lost around 1350 BC, when Tutankhamun was Pharaoh of Egypt. Excavated by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), the Uluburun shipwreck changed archaeologists understanding of how trade by ships connected many cultures in the ancient world. INA searches for and excavates important shipwrecks all over the world, and everything it finds goes into museums to be shared with the public. To learn more about INA, visit www.inadiscover.com."