Egypt
- Restoration Of Second Khufu Boat Commences
Washington Post Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, spokesmen for a joint...
- New Ferries In Service In Luxor
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) The Nile separates Luxor into East and West, one side with the monuments and small local hotels and the other the airport, railway station, 5* hotels and MacDonald’s. So at some point in your stay you have to cross from...
- Tassili N’ajjer: Birthplace Of Ancient Egypt?
philipcoppens.com The author of this page, Philip Coppens, appears to be a journalist who specializes in alternative archaeology. It's difficult to convey the whole argument with a single extract, but here's something to give you an idea of the...
- Weekly Websites
Continuing the Sunday listing of sites which I, or others, have visited during the previous week and have enjoyed or found of particular use. If anyone has any favourite sites please send them over. Boats of Egypt before the Old Kingdomhttp://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/Vinson-MA1987.pdf...
- Djedefre's Solar Boat
Though found next to the pyramid of the fourth dynasty King Khufu the boats were not buried by King Khufu but rather by King Djedefre. The massive stone blocks which cover the pits housing the boats contained a number of inscriptions relating to King...
Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Boats
http://www.abblogger.com/yourboatportal/2157362/
Not really news, per se, but a useful summary, posted on athe Your Boat Portal blog yesterday, about ancient Egyptian boats from Predynastic through Pharaonic times. Here's an extract: "The ancient Egyptians were creating ships with technological skills far beyond their time, well before the invention of the wheel. Egyptologists suspect that simple light rafts made from bundled papyrus reeds may have been made by hunter-gatherers who moved to the Nile Valley during the Upper Paleolithic period; of course, no specimens remain today. However, there is evidence of the presence of boats in the Naqada II culture, which immediately preceded the dynastic period. Archaeologists have unearthed red painted pottery with designs that include boat motifs as important symbols, and some interpretations stress the boats were used in a religious or ritual capacity. Further evidence for the early use of boats lies in tomb reliefs (ship building scenes were among the most popular motifs in tombs), paintings, and model boats dating from predynastic times through the New Kingdom."
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- Restoration Of Second Khufu Boat Commences
Washington Post Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, spokesmen for a joint...
- New Ferries In Service In Luxor
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) The Nile separates Luxor into East and West, one side with the monuments and small local hotels and the other the airport, railway station, 5* hotels and MacDonald’s. So at some point in your stay you have to cross from...
- Tassili N’ajjer: Birthplace Of Ancient Egypt?
philipcoppens.com The author of this page, Philip Coppens, appears to be a journalist who specializes in alternative archaeology. It's difficult to convey the whole argument with a single extract, but here's something to give you an idea of the...
- Weekly Websites
Continuing the Sunday listing of sites which I, or others, have visited during the previous week and have enjoyed or found of particular use. If anyone has any favourite sites please send them over. Boats of Egypt before the Old Kingdomhttp://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/Vinson-MA1987.pdf...
- Djedefre's Solar Boat
Though found next to the pyramid of the fourth dynasty King Khufu the boats were not buried by King Khufu but rather by King Djedefre. The massive stone blocks which cover the pits housing the boats contained a number of inscriptions relating to King...