  This lesson unit has been developed within the framework the EU Space
Awareness project. It provides an insight into the history and navigational
methods of the Bronze Age Mediterranean peoples. The students explore the link
between exciting history and astronomical knowledge. Besides an overview of
ancient seafaring in the Mediterranean, the students explore in two hands-on
activities early navigational skills using the stars and constellations and
their apparent nightly movement across the sky. In the course of the
activities, they become familiar with the stellar constellations and how they
are distributed across the northern and southern sky.
