Fully 95 percent original, the wood of Khufu's boat is conifer, probably cedar of Lebanon. Having few large trees of their own besides Nile acacia and tamarisk, the ancient Egyptians had imported ...

Not far from Mascaro's "Exodus" fleet, "Vessel of Time" by French sculptor Jean-Marie Appriou exhibits an ancient Egyptian boat made of Nile River clay with a bronze statue of an unclothed boy ...