Khufu’s Solar Ships: The oldest organic antiquity in the world

Khufu’s Solar Ships: The oldest organic antiquity in the world

CAIRO – 8 August 2021: Khufu’s Solar Ships were discovered by Egyptian archaeologist and journalist Kamal el-Malakh in 1954. The discovery was made on May 26, 1954 inside two roofed pits at the base of the southern Pyramid of Khufu [Cheops], at the bottom of one of them was a dismantled vessel beautifully carved of cedar wood. The boat consisted of 1224 parts that were all found. Funeral boats were used to transport the king's mummy to visit the holy sites of the God Osiris, including Abydos in the south and Boto in the north. This is in addition to the fact that this type of boat was also used to transport the body of the king from his palace of residence to the cemetery where his pyramid is located. Named the Solar Boat and the Ship of Khufu, it was known that such funerary ships sail to restore life for the deceased king from the holy places where the ships of the gods reside. Egyptian myths say that sunrises on the far eastern shore; that’s when Ra appears from the water and is greeted by a band of monkeys. After that, Ra, the Sun God, rides in his day