Better late …

… Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years | Science | The Guardian. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  the excavation of what has been called Ship 17 has revealed a vast crescent-shaped hull and a previously undocumented type of construction involving thick planks assembled with tenons – just as Herodotus observed, in describing a slightly smaller vessel.