Egypt
A second boat found next to King Khufu's pyramid will now have a camera staring at it in its pit. There is talk about reconstructing the boat but some like myself believe it should stay in its pit.
- Making A Boat Fit For A King
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Giza plateau was crowded on Monday as journalists, TV anchors, photographers and antiquities officials flocked to the northern side of King Khufu's Great Pyramid to witness Japanese scientists and archaeologists taking...
- Sailing Into Eternity
Al Ahram Weekly Visitors to the Giza Plateau will be able to view Khufu's second solar boat through a tiny camera 4,500 years after it was buried to ferry the king to eternity. Nevine El-Aref takes a look. On the southern side of Khufu's Great...
- Tourists To See Buried Egyptian Solar Boat Via Camera
Monsters and Critics Egypt's top archeologist said Wednesday that tourists will be able to see for the first time Cheops' second solar boat through a camera put inside the boat pit. Zahi Hawas, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),...
- Restoration Of Khufu's Second Solar Boat
Luxor Times Magazine has a very informative review of the third phase of the restoration of the second solar boat found next to the great pyramid. I myself hope that the boat will be restored and placed back into its pit for future generations in case...
- 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
Better Left Where It Is
A second boat found next to King Khufu's pyramid will now have a camera staring at it in its pit. There is talk about reconstructing the boat but some like myself believe it should stay in its pit.
- Making A Boat Fit For A King
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Giza plateau was crowded on Monday as journalists, TV anchors, photographers and antiquities officials flocked to the northern side of King Khufu's Great Pyramid to witness Japanese scientists and archaeologists taking...
- Sailing Into Eternity
Al Ahram Weekly Visitors to the Giza Plateau will be able to view Khufu's second solar boat through a tiny camera 4,500 years after it was buried to ferry the king to eternity. Nevine El-Aref takes a look. On the southern side of Khufu's Great...
- Tourists To See Buried Egyptian Solar Boat Via Camera
Monsters and Critics Egypt's top archeologist said Wednesday that tourists will be able to see for the first time Cheops' second solar boat through a camera put inside the boat pit. Zahi Hawas, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),...
- Restoration Of Khufu's Second Solar Boat
Luxor Times Magazine has a very informative review of the third phase of the restoration of the second solar boat found next to the great pyramid. I myself hope that the boat will be restored and placed back into its pit for future generations in case...
- 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...