Giza Governorate, Egypt
Nazlet El-Semman, Al Haram
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Fascinating restoration. It blew my mind that even the ropes were recovered from this meticulously design ship - built specifically for the afterlife. It's worth the extra ticket to explore this ship and see the work that was completed to uncover and reconstruct this impressive ship.
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The precision with which this is built is simply amazing. A miraculous piece of engineering work given these are more than 4500 years old. It is puzzling how could these ships survive and remain in such great condition. The museum housing the ships is also wonderful. Worth the visit and the pennies you pay :)
Very knowledgeable museum give many details about the past civilization and their trick for living .
The Khufu ship is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. Khufu's ship measures 43.6 m (143 ft) long and 5.9 m (19.5 ft) wide. The largest of the pyramids was the Great Pyramid, built by the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). Near the base of the great pyramid there are 5 underground chambers. In each of these chambers the ancient Egyptians placed a dismantled boat for Pharaoh's use in the afterlife. It took years for the boat to be reassembled, primarily by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities.
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The Solar Barge Museum is a museum inside the pyramids complex and houses the Khufu ship or Solar Barge. It was meant as a ritual vessel to carry the resurrected king, Pharaoh Khufu in the afterlife. On the ground floor of the museum is the pit which held the barge and the exhibition space about the discovery, intent and construction of the barge. On the upper floor is the reconstructed barge. To be honest, I was not exactly blown away by the museum. The lower floor exhibition and information was sparse, and about half of it just photos of it’s from the 1950s and the mid 20th century equivalent of wanting your selfie taken. The boat is reconstructed and it’s questionable how much of it is original. There’s an extra fee to enter this museum in addition to the one for entering the Giza Pyramid complex. I felt it was overpriced for what you get to see. The to really add insult to injury, you have to pay to use the bathroom in the museum.
This boat is known as the Solar Boat, Cheops Boat and Solar Barge. They are all the names of the same beautiful boat that has had the honor of having a whole museum dedicated to it. This museum is located right besides the Great Pyramid of Giza, called the Khufu or Cheops Pyramid. 5 boats or "barques" were discovered here in 1954. They are believed to have been placed there to carry the mummy of the dead Pharaoh Khufu, across the Nile, to the temple. After which, the Pharaoh would then have been brought to the burial chamber. According to certain Egyptologists these boats were supposed to be used by the Pharaoh in his afterlife. To be used to carry the Pharaoh along with "Ra" the Sun God across the sky. There was still a controversy as to whether they were real boats, or just facsimiles constructed to serve a ritualistic function. This was because, even though the boats are totally sail worthy, there are no rigging or space for paddles. Though 5 boats discovered buried in 5 large pits around the pyramid, only one barque was lovingly restored and the other 4 were reburied for posterity. It is a beautiful boat, totally preserved, in spite of being over 4500 years old. It is said to be made of Cedar wood and is 143ft long. The boat is in pristine condition. That is why cloth overshoes are provided at the museum reception to tie over your shoes so that no sand may enter the museum. The ground floor of the museum is filled with photographs of the discovery and the large pit where the boat was discovered. The wooden stairway leads to the first floor, from where you can see the boat in detail. Large windows all around provide sufficient sunlight. It is truly magnificent and really worth a visit. Tickets can be bought at a window outside the museum, though many feel it's overpriced. There are washrooms in the premises as well. Many may balk at the extra fees, but if you have come so far, it is surely worth a visit.
The Khufu ship is an intact full-size vessel from ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. The ship is now preserved in the Giza Solar boat museum. The ship was almost certainly built for Khufu (King Cheops), the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Like other buried Ancient Egyptian ships, it was apparently part of the extensive grave goods intended for use in the afterlife, and contained no bodies, unlike northern European ship burials. Khufu's ship is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved vessels from antiquity. It measures 43.6 m (143 ft) long and 5.9 m (19.5 ft) wide. It was thus identified as the world's oldest intact ship and has been described as "a masterpiece of woodcraft" that could sail today if put into a lake, or a river. However, the vessel may not have been designed for sailing, as there is no rigging, or for paddling, as there is no room.
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