Hirilonde Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 This past almost 2 weeks my wife and I have been traveling through Egypt. Unknown to me before we got there a new discovery had been made, the exhibit finished and opened to the public. It was the discovery of the Royal Boat of Cheops. The ancient Egyptians believed that when they returned to life they would need all the things they needed in the first life. So of course Cheops would need a boat to cross back over from the west to the east of the Nile where he had lived. So he had a 43 meter boat built just for that purpose. It was then dismantled and stored in a stone box next to his pyramid ready for use when he returned. In these 2 see photos taken of the stone box and what they found as they uncovered it: The entire boat was fastened with wooden tenons which they did not use in the reconstruction and rope. After 4,600 years of being stored in the ground the pieces warped a bit and apparently the tenons did not fit. Here are a pile of lines and 2 knots, both from the original assembly and left in the hole with the pieces. The building they made for the exhibit was built over the box the boat was found in, this is the actual box. This is a photo of the actual assembly taking place. The rest of these are my photos of the boat. So not only is this the oldest boat in the world in existence today, it is the oldest kit boat ever packaged. It is complete with scarf joints just like a B&B kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Holy Awesome, Batman! Thanks, Dave. Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Beebe Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Nice .Now that is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Does this mean that Graham was around at the time of the ancient Egyptians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmosSwogger Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 I guess the Egyptians forgot to read Graham's article on double enders! Although, to be fair, it was designed to be a river boat. That scarf joint is really cool; reminds me of timber framing techniques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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