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A 4 page research paper and annotated bibliography that examines the history and reconstruction of pharaoh's boat, a 4,600-year-old vessel that was discovered dismantled and buried in a pit located close to the Great Pyramid. Also discussed is the examination of a second pit (complete with second boat), which took place in 1987. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Cheops by the British) on the Giza Plateau in Egypt (Holden, 1987). The 1954 team of archeologists was led by Egyptian archeologist Karmal el Mallak (Pharaohs Boat, 2000). This team
uncovered the worlds oldest planked vessel (Pharaohs Boat, 2000). Buried n pieces by Khufus son, this so-called "Solar Barque" is believed to have once carried the body of the body
of the pharaoh across the Nile for burial (Pharaohs Boat, 2000). Khufus barge was originally 43.4 meters long and 5.9 meters wide (Farouk and Grace, 1997). It took
eighteen years to excavate and reassemble it in the specially built "Boat Museum" that was constructed on the site (Farouk and Grace, 1997). Holden (1987) indicates that the museum
was built precisely over the pit where the boat was found. The museum opened to visitors in 1982 and is an extremely popular site (Farouk and Grace, 1997). However, the
bad news is that, since being placed in the museum, the boat has diminished in size. By some estimates, the barge has shrunk by about half a meter from the
time that it was first placed in the museum (Farouk and Grace, 1997). Conservators state that it is their belief that this is due to the environmental conditions inside the
building, which differ markedly from those in the sealed chamber were it rested for over 4,000 years (Farouk and Grace, 1997). In order to ascertain what could be done
to preserve the boat, Ahmed Kadry of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization called on Farouk El-Baz, an Egyptian-born geologist who is head of Boston Universitys Center for Remote Sensing (Holden, 1987).
Kadry wanted to know if it would be possible to measure the air and explore the environment of the second chamber, which is still intact, to discern what, if anything,
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