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A '''felucca''' (Arabic: فلوكة‎) is a traditional wooden [[boat|sailboat]] of [[Egypt]]ian origin used in the [[Africa|north Africa]] region, especially along the [[Nile]], on the coast of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], or in the [[Red Sea]]. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
A '''felucca''' (Arabic: فلوكة‎) is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the [[Red Sea]] and eastern [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], in [[Egypt]] and {{wiki|Sudan}} (particularly along the [[Nile]]). Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails.
 
Some of the larger felucca's can hold up to ten passengers, the crew usually consists of two or three people.


==History==
They have been used throughout Egypt's millennia-long history as a staple form of water transportation.<ref name="ACO" />
===Ptolemaic Egypt===
During the 1st century BCE in Egypt felucca's were widely used by everyone, including the [[Medjay]]-turned-[[Hidden Ones|Hidden One]] [[Bayek]].


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==References==
==References==
*''Assassin's Creed: Origins''
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A felucca (Arabic: فلوكة‎) is a traditional wooden sailboat of Egyptian origin used in the north Africa region, especially along the Nile, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, or in the Red Sea. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails.[1]

They have been used throughout Egypt's millennia-long history as a staple form of water transportation.[1]

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