![]() ![]() Was it for Khufu's use in the afterlife? Or as some believe, was it part of the funeral cortege, which may have carried his body from Memphis to Giza. Different theories arose and to the intended use of the boat. Khufu's barge measured 150 feet from long beam to stern. These hieratic signs indicated to which quarter of the boat the parts belonged. It's 1200 pieces were found stored unassembled, with matching hieratic signs, (which were a written version of hieroglyphics). In the pyramid of King Khufu, the worlds oldest boat was found. Which is up the Nile River, against the current. Sails just carried the Egyptians which ever way the wind was blowing. Boats were hard to make because all the Egyptians had to cut the wood with was a chisel. Making a boat was a very long and hard job because the boats were big. Egyptians had a hard time building boats too. It was also a hard job because the oars the Egyptians steered with were very heavy. ![]() Rowing a boat was a hard job because the boats were so big and heavy. The Egyptians had a hard time sailing a boat. There were papyrus and sailing boats too.īuilding and sailing for the Egyptians wasn't always easy. The Egyptians had a hard time making and sailing boats. Khufuís boat was 141 feet long and didnot even have a nail in it. It took them a very long time to make a boat. The Egyptians only used chisels to cut boats from wood. The funeral boats were buried with the pharaoh. Every corner of civilized Egypt could be easily could be easily reached and Egyptian traders sailed to ports in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea.įuneral boats were very elegant and took the pharaoh to the grave. Officials went up and down the Nile with stone for building projects or grain for the kings stores, and merchants carried wares for sale. The necessary water power was provided by the current and the wind. This wooden model of the funery boats found at Thebes, with its two pointed ends rising out of the water, is a good example.Īll the cities and towns were easily accessible by boat, and the Nile provided the perfect means of transport, since it was cheap and quick. These boats were built of relatively short blocks of timber, and were braced and secured with rope lashings very much in the same style that was used in papyrus boats. ( Reed vessels like these of Ancient Egypt are till in use in Peru today.)Ĭedar was very important to the Egyptians as a boat building material. The bundle was made as wide as possible for stability, and an extra bundle was put on top so that the cargo and crew were kept reasonable dry. These boats were made of bundles of bound papyrus reeds, and were lashed together into a long thin hull form in the style of a slight crescent. Papyrus boats were useful for hunting or crossing short stretches of water, using a paddle or a pole. These Egyptian boats were made of either native woods or conifers from Lebanon. The earliest record of a ship under sail is depicted on an Egyptian pot dating back to 3200BC. They were used to carry the dead across the Nile River. Funeral boats carried dead people down river. Sailboats usually only had one square sail. Papyrus boats were built with bundles of papyrus. There were many types of boats that Egyptians used. It was believed to be first used about 4000 B.C., and became Egypt's major exports. ![]() Papyrus is different from paper because papyrus is a laminated material made from thinly cut strips from the stalk of Cyprus Papyrus plant. These boats were made of bundles of bound papyrus reeds. Agricultural produce, troops, cattle, stone and funeral processions were all carried on the Nile and its canals. Egyptians pioneered the development of river craft and there were many different types built for various uses. ![]()
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