Don’t Sink the Boat

Khufu’s funerary barge at Giza may undergo a long-overdue professional overhaul based on a new conservation and condition report, says Jill Kamil.

Workers transporting the solar boat from its pit to the restoration lab. source: Al-Ahram
Ever since its discovery in 1954, the magnificent 4,600-year-old wooden funerary barge of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid, [...]

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