Egypt To Display World’s Oldest Intact Ship

Egypt is proceeding with efforts to preserve and display the world’s oldest intact ship following the relocation of a 4,600-year-old Pharaoh’s ship to a new museum that is set to open outside the capital Cairo.

As part of efforts to preserve its ancient heritage, the country has relocated the King Khufu Solar Boat from the archaeological site of the Giza pyramids to a dedicated building within the Grand Egyptian Museum, a state-of-the-art venue slated to open later this year.

Presumably built for King Khufu, the Solar Boat is considered to be the oldest intact ship in the world.

Linking to King Khufu it is believed to have been placed around 2500 BCE in a pit at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza and was discovered in 1954 by the Egyptologist Kamal el-Mallakh.

The boat was first shown to the public in 1985 in the Giza Solar Boat Museum, close to where it was found.