The Boat Beneath the Pyramid: King Cheops' Royal Ship By Nancy Jenkins
English | 1980 | 184 Pages | ISBN: 0030570611 | PDF | 36,7 MB
“More than a quarter of a century ago a young Egyptian archaeologist, clearing a site just south of the Great Pyramid at Giza, broke through a massive slab of limestone to reveal a vault beneath his feet. For the first time in 4,500 years the sun’s rays were shining down on the timbers of a great papyriform ship, built for a king and then dismantled and buried here at the height of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Astonishingly well preserved, it was by far the most ancient vessel ever to come to light.