CAIRO, Egypt — Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the ...

Ancient Egyptians depended on the Nile River in life ... Safe passage for the deceased into the afterlife involved a boat journey to the underworld, where one would encounter Osiris, Lord of ...

The Phoenicians were known for their exceptional naval skills which stemmed from two notable innovations at the time. HEre's ...

Cairo - Czech archaeologists have unearthed an ancient funerary boat near the Abusir pyramids south of Cairo, officials said Monday, in a discovery that could shed light on shipbuilding in ancient ...

Located in Fustat (Old Cairo), the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is like no other. The museum is dedicated ...

Archaeologists originally mistook an ancient Egyptian funerary boat found at the cemetery of Abu Rawash for a wooden floor. The 20-foot boat dates to 2950 B.C. It’s clear the boat played some ...

A stunning New Year's scene painted by ancient Egyptians has been uncovered by ... (also called Sah), Sothis and Anukis on neighboring boats with the sky goddess Nut swallowing the evening sky ...

Vikings burned the deceased in boats to grant safe passage into the ... burial practices in living history is mummification. Ancient Egyptians began mummifying the dead as early as 3,500 B.C.E ...

It was this predictability of the flooding that allowed ancient Egypt to thrive and become what ... which could help boats navigate through the cataracts. This is in line with other findings ...

Remnants of funerary boats have also been excavated ... an important source of information about Egyptian religion. The scarcity of ancient records, however, makes it difficult to be sure of the uses ...