DIG FOR PHARAOH'S BOAT BEGINS
DIG FOR PHARAOH'S BOAT BEGINS
Analysis by Rossella Lorenzi
Thu Jun 23, 2011 02:31 PM ET
Lifting one of the limestone slabs which sealed the pit. Photo courtesy Rania Galal.credit: Rania Galal
Today archaeologists began excavating a pharaonic boat hidden for 4,500 years in an underground chamber on the southern side of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Consisting of disassembled beams and planks, the boat is one of two which were buried near the pyramid to follow the dead Khufu, also known as Cheops, in his journey into the afterlife...
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