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Archaeologists to raise ancient Egyptian ship (Khufu's solar ship)
AFP ^ | June 23, 2011 | Unknown

Posted on 06/23/2011 2:07:39 PM PDT by decimon

CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian and Japanese archaeologists on Thursday began to unearth an ancient boat belonging to King Khufu and buried near the Giza pyramids for more than 4,500 years.

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t is one of two boats belonging to King Khufu, or Cheops, a fourth dynasty ruler who built the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Solar boats were buried with the Pharaohs in the belief that they would carry them to the afterlife.

The boat was first discovered in 1987 in a large pit covered by 41 limestone blocks, weighing 16 tons each.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: egypt; godsgravesglyphs; khufu
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1 posted on 06/23/2011 2:07:40 PM PDT by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Digging Hawass ping.


2 posted on 06/23/2011 2:08:36 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

3 posted on 06/23/2011 2:21:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: decimon

A solar-powered boat?


4 posted on 06/23/2011 2:25:13 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: decimon

Egypt hasn’t progressed much since then.

Generally, nations following Islam, absent oil, don’t seem to advance at all.


5 posted on 06/23/2011 2:27:05 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: decimon

I believe Hawass is in jail due to the new peaceful government.


6 posted on 06/23/2011 2:27:25 PM PDT by JEC ((Pray for ALL our troops))
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To: JoeProBono

it’ smaller than I thought!


7 posted on 06/23/2011 2:27:28 PM PDT by ol' hoghead (He is not here; for he is risen.)
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To: bunkerhill7
A solar-powered boat?

Something to do with the afterlife and the Sun God.

8 posted on 06/23/2011 2:36:52 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Doubt the Sun can pull those Oars. Looks more like a Green...Obamanaut Boat.


9 posted on 06/23/2011 2:39:59 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Socialism...Easier said than done.)
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To: decimon

If it is for Obamaqunauts we could name it the Collapso.


10 posted on 06/23/2011 2:41:40 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Socialism...Easier said than done.)
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To: decimon

Those look like big oars on the side....msut have been rowed by a bunch of guys named Solar....


11 posted on 06/23/2011 2:41:49 PM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: truth_seeker
Egypt used to be almost entirely Christian - from the 4th century until the 7th.
12 posted on 06/23/2011 2:46:31 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: ol' hoghead
Khufu was't very tall.


13 posted on 06/23/2011 2:46:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: decimon; All

Those things look to me like oars. Shouldn’t the complete name be solar plexus boat?


14 posted on 06/23/2011 3:20:18 PM PDT by fso301
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To: illiac

Its a shovel ready project—all those oars mean jobs for Egyptians! People power—the ultimate Green Jobs.


15 posted on 06/23/2011 3:34:04 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: decimon

D*mn Presstitutes!

One ‘raises’ a sunken ship.

One ‘unearths’ a buried ship.


16 posted on 06/23/2011 3:40:38 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles, Kill the EPA!!!)
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To: decimon

If they found King Khufu’s boat, does that mean he never made it off the planet.

I only ask because the boats are supposed to help them on their journey to the ever-after.


17 posted on 06/23/2011 5:47:13 PM PDT by John 8_58 ( "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.")
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Thanks decimon. It's interesting that the finding of the first of the (presumably) two boats, back in the 1950s, led to the identification of the site of the second one -- because knowing where the other boat lay buried didn't stop the geniuses from running heavy trucks and bulldozers and the like all over the site, cracking the rocks. A few years back I saw a documentary which covered the minimally invasive investigation of this second boat-pit. A hole was drilled down into it, and a small steerable camera lowered in. There were live insects crawling around, and rubble and debris (and bug poo) covered most of the ancient stuff.

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18 posted on 06/23/2011 6:20:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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:’) In “When the Pyramids Were Built: Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom” (ed by Dorothea Arnold) there’s a pic of a the upper fragment of a colossal statue now believed to be a portrayal of Khufu, showing him with a crown. It’s to be hoped that the rest of the statue might someday be found under a pile of something, but alas, it’s not likely.


19 posted on 06/23/2011 6:32:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: decimon
Geeze, I thought we were done with Hawass the media whore. How did he get out of spending time in jail? Okay, bring out the boat while they are still missing items from the Cairo museum that were taken during the revolution.
20 posted on 06/23/2011 9:22:56 PM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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