Visitors to the American Museum of Natural History's "Traveling the Silk Road" exhibit can walk through a 41-foot long portion of a full-sized model of a 71-foot long Arab sailing ship, called a dhow, split in half to reveal a cargo of ceramics and elaborate metalwork.
Further Information
- Traveling the Silk Road, Official Exhibition webpage at the AMNH
- Along the Silk Road, background
- Old Boats, more on the history of sailing
