King Khufu's Solar Boat
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King Khufu's Solar Boat


Finally we have an image inside the pit so we can look at the planks of the ship. However the video claims that the boat will not be assembled in contradiction to an earlier article.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080721-boat-video-ap.html




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