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Archaeologists Discover Funerary Boat Of One Of Ancient Egypt's Earliest Pharaohs
A funerary boat dating back 5,000 years has been discovered in Egypt, Ahram Online reports.
The boat was meant to take the Pharaoh Den to the afterlife and was buried in the northeast of the Giza Plateau, site of the famous (and later) pyramids. Den was a ruler of Ancient Egypt's poorly understood First Dynasty, which saw the unification of Egypt and its development as a major civilization. Den, shown here smiting his enemies in this image courtesy CaptMondo, was the first to use the title "King of Lower and Upper Egypt." He ruled for 42 years and was famed for his organization of the state. His tomb at Abydos, shown below in this Wikimedia Commons image, is one of the finest of the era.
The French team that made the discovery hope to restore the boat in time to put it on display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization when it opens next year.
Filed under: History, Learning, Africa, Egypt, Middle East
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mtka Aug 2nd 2012 3:46PM
Goes to show that people have been clobbering each other for thousands of years, and will continue to do so....
Kimbo Aug 2nd 2012 3:29PM
Yep,...Just goes to show that there will always be those that require clobbering! lol
Tom Dec 25th 2012 3:11PM
The Egyptians first lived at Sumer/Shinar (Genesis 11:2) The Egyptians along with other tribes gathered to build the Tower of Babel in Sumer (Genesis 11:2-8) Before the Egyptians left Babel and arrived in Africa to build the Sumerian designed stairway to heaven called the Step Pyramid, the Egyptians acquired building skills at Sumer.
The First dynasty had no pyramid builders. Djoser/Zoser built the first pyramid after the Egyptians left Babel. Zoser's northeast border was near the Canaanite city of Gaza. (Genesis 10:19) Egyptians in the Sinai worked the copper mines producing copper tools for working on Zoser's pyramid and temple.
Surely Egyptian history would start with the Pyramid Age, since the Egyptians got their building knowledge from building the Tower of Babel. Imhotep designed the Step Pyramid. Imhotep worshipped the god Ptah the deified Path-ru. (Pathrusim Genesis 10:14. Man's name is actually Pathru since Sim = tribe). Pathru created the Egyptian nation of Pathros. (Ezekiel 29:14) Path-ru was Nimrod's cousin; Nimrod was responsible for building the city of Babel (Genesis 10:9-10) and Babel's Tower.
Where were the early Egyptian dynasty kings having trade with Byblos? Egyptian history records Snef-ru as building the FIRST Egyptian temple at Byblos. It was Snef-ru who built 40 cedar wooden ships there.
This king Den appears to be from another time. (1) Den did not build Egypt's 1st pyramid after mankind scattered from Babel in Sumer. (2) Den was not 1st in building the Egyptian navy. (3) Den did not expand Egypt's religion at Byblos.
Perhaps more archaelogy discoveries will reveal the truth.