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...
- 2nd Phase Of The Khufu Solar Boat Restoration Project
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With three photos. At an international press conference held on Egypt's Giza Plateau next Monday, Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is expected to announce the launch of the second phase of the...
- More Re Second Solar Boat
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Khufu's second solar boat is to be exhibited at the entrance of the Giza plateau after the completion of four years of restoration, writes Nevine El-Aref The north side of King Khufu's Great Pyramid, which dominates...
- Second Solar Boat To Undergo Two Phases Of Restoration
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos. Today marks the start of the second phase of the project that will involve raising the stone blocks covering the boat pit. The first stone block, out of a total of 41, was carefully lifted this morning. To give...
- Uncovering Of 2nd Solar Boat, Giza
Youm7 (Akram Sami) A delegation from Waseda University has completed its exploratory research along with the Japanese Institute for Restoration Research, and is prepared to lift a stone cover, consisting of 40 panels, on the southern side of Khufu pyramid...
Egypt
Japanese-Egyptian team starts restoring King Khufu's second solar boat
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
The northern side of King Khufu’s great pyramid was brimming with media on Monday. TV anchors, journalists, photographers and archaeologists crowded to witness the Japanese scientific team take samples of wooden beams of Khufu’s second solar boat, which is still buried in its original pit.
These samples, according to Japanese team leader Sakuji Yoshimura, will undergo lab analyses to determine the most appropriate method to restore and reconstruct such a distinguished ancient Egyptian monument: a boat that carries the sun deity.
In the end, the ship will be set on display next to the first one, currently exhibited in a separate museum next to the pyramids.
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said that this is the third phase of the restoration of Khufu’s second solar boat. The first was enacted in 1992, when the Japanese government and a Japanese scientific and archaeological team from Waseda University offered a grant of $10 million to unearth, restore, reassemble and put the boat on display.
- 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...
- 2nd Phase Of The Khufu Solar Boat Restoration Project
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With three photos. At an international press conference held on Egypt's Giza Plateau next Monday, Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is expected to announce the launch of the second phase of the...
- More Re Second Solar Boat
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Khufu's second solar boat is to be exhibited at the entrance of the Giza plateau after the completion of four years of restoration, writes Nevine El-Aref The north side of King Khufu's Great Pyramid, which dominates...
- Second Solar Boat To Undergo Two Phases Of Restoration
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos. Today marks the start of the second phase of the project that will involve raising the stone blocks covering the boat pit. The first stone block, out of a total of 41, was carefully lifted this morning. To give...
- Uncovering Of 2nd Solar Boat, Giza
Youm7 (Akram Sami) A delegation from Waseda University has completed its exploratory research along with the Japanese Institute for Restoration Research, and is prepared to lift a stone cover, consisting of 40 panels, on the southern side of Khufu pyramid...