the famed written record of the vessel relume, under the watchtower (muscat daily)
it stands as an evidence of muscat's cosmopolitan history, and shows the reach of the europeans at the time. 'the first ships' names were painted on the rocks of its bay with a sort of feeling of discovery of a part of the world until then largely dominated by the arabs,' wrote germana graziosi costa in the journal of oman studies, volume 7. according to costa, his majesty sultan qaboos bin said has inspired ongoing research into the matter. costa wrote that dr p costa and photographer ennio vicario completed a survey of the bay with the help of boats and helicopters from royal navy of oman and rop. they proved the names of 202 ships on the cliff, while many other names were unintelligible due to weathering.
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