During the ancient kingdom, the king claimed to be "the son of Rashin", and they also built a solar boat modeled on the voyage of the legendary sun god. Of course, the ship they built won't come in handy, but they took it to the underworld as a funerary object, hoping to make such a voyage one day.
The king ascended to immortality and left. This real ship has sailed for more than 4,000 years, and has not yet reached the other side of eternal life, so it can only sail back to the real world. This ship was first discovered by Kamahl Marah, a meritorious figure in Egyptian archaeology, who later became the editor-in-chief of the supplement of Pyramid. In order to confirm the existence of the solar boat, he searched around the royal mausoleum until May 1954, when his eyes were attracted by a remnant fence at 18.5 meters south of pyramid of khufu.
After cleaning the solar boat, white limestone slabs were exposed. These slates are neatly arranged and divided into two parts, east and west, with a distance of 3 meters. Each part has 4 1 block, each block is about 4.5 meters long and 0.8 meters wide, and the thickness is unknown. Kamahl Mara thought of the fact that there were only 4 1 countries in Egypt during the ancient Egyptian kingdom. He thought there must be a great discovery hidden under the slate, but it was not easy to break ground so close to the pyramid, so he had to wait in the application.
After half a year's examination and approval, Kamahl Mara couldn't wait to open the first slate, just like shouting "open sesame", and a cave was exposed. The light inside is very dark, and I can't see anything except a faint fragrance. Kamahl Mara found a mirror and looked in through the reflected light. The wooden block that has been sleeping for more than 4000 years rubs its sleepy eyes. Kamahl Mara shouted excitedly. He knew that the solar ship that had sailed for more than 4000 years had finally landed.
The thickness of each slate is 1.8m, which is almost18t. It took two months to lift these slates. After the slate was uncovered, the exposed pit was 3 1m long, 2.6m wide and 3.5m deep. There are 1224 pieces of wood and some reed ropes hidden inside. The largest wood is 23 meters long and the smallest is only a dozen centimeters. Most of the materials are cedar wood that is not produced locally. Because there are moth-proof spices such as musk in it, these Woods are still well preserved.
The news shocked the whole world. It's hard to keep things like boats immersed in water for 180 years, let alone more than 4,000 years!
As soon as this ship was excavated, it became the ancestor of the ship, and it is worthy of being the most complete and oldest ship ever discovered. Not only archaeological colleagues and ordinary people rushed to watch, but even President Nasser at that time went to the scene with great interest.
Everyone knows that this is a ship, but what is in front of people is just a pile of wood. This 1224 piece of wood is actually 650 pieces, but the combination of these 650 pieces of parts is not so simple. Like a lot of adult building blocks. Combining them requires extraordinary wisdom and patience. Kamahl Malah is an outstanding archaeologist, but archaeology pays attention to seeking truth from facts, and he still lacks bold imagination to combine this thing. So this work was handed over to Ahmed Yusov, a famous Egyptian cultural relic restoration expert.
Ahmed Yusov looked at every piece of wood carefully. He didn't find a nail hole, and there were no nails in the accessories of the ship, only large bundles of brown ropes. So he boldly imagined that the whole ship was tied with ropes, and the facts confirmed his guess. Palm rope tightens when exposed to water, and wood expands when exposed to water. In this way, the whole ship will not leak a drop of water.
He has been doing this job for 1 1 year.
The combined solar boat protrudes slightly between the two tips. It is 43.4 meters long, 5.9 meters at its widest point, 6 meters high at the bow and 7.5 meters high at the stern. There are two cabins in the middle, 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. The master's room is at the bow, which is a gazebo with a reed roof. It can not only block the hot sun but also ensure a wide field of vision. There are five 8.5-meter-long paddles on each side and two stern rudders at the stern. In addition, the ship has a wooden pole for measuring the water depth, and a mallet and two wooden wedges are used to hang the cable when berthing.
This replica solar boat is now parked in the constant temperature museum built at the excavation site. Perhaps this museum, designed by Italian designers, has become the harbor where this ancient ship will stay forever.
Sun boat