The ancient Solar Boat of King Khufu has recently been relocated ... This 4,600-year-old vessel, known for being one of the oldest and largest wooden ships discovered, provides invaluable insights ...

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 ...

That sounds like enough time unless you know about ancient wood and about ... dissolved the cellulose and filled the wood’s cells, leaving the whole boat soft and spongy.

To make these long-distance voyages, the ancient culture would ... distances in open sea waters. These boats made using ...

For weeks, they would live aboard boats made from wood and lashings of braided fiber. Thousands of miles were traversed, without the aid of sextants or compasses. The ancient Polynesians navigated ...

I came as a volunteer, learning how to carve wood. I realised that ... broken only by the creak of the boat. There is a sense we are taking part in something ancient. Alongside us is Govan Old ...

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Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines. While digging to find an ancient ...

An extremely rare 3,500-year-old wooden spade has been found by archaeologists in Poole Harbour. It's one of the oldest, most complete wooden spades to have been discovered in the UK, and is believed ...

King Khufu's Boat, an ancient vessel that is the oldest and largest wooden boat discovered in Egypt, has been painstakingly moved from its longstanding home next to the Giza pyramids to a nearby ...

Now, archaeologists theorise that the ancient Scandinavian culture likely used boats made of animal skin for fishing, hunting, travelling, and trading across great distances in open sea waters. These ...