Thalamegos
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Drawing of Ptolemy IV's Thalamegos, by Nicolaes Witsen, 1671
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- Etymology
- Description and role
- Ptolemy IV's thalamegos
- See also
- References
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thumb|250px|Drawing of Ptolemy IV's Thalamegos, by Nicolaes Witsen, 1671
Thalamegos (plural: Thalamegoi) was a type of houseboat, yacht, or barge mainly found in the Nile River, Egypt. They were used as freight carriers and ferry. The most famous and largest thalamegos was a huge twin-hulled catamaran, a two-story Nile River palace barge that was commissioned by Hellenistic king Ptolemy IV Philopator for himself and his wife Arsinoe III ca. 200 BCE.
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