Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1980), Edition: 1st ed., 184 pages
Description
In 1954, a young Egyptian archaeologist, clearing a site just south of the Great Pyramid at Giza, discovered a great papyriform ship, built for a king and then dismantled and buried at the height of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. This book tells the story of this Royal Ship--its discovery, excavation and reconstruction. The author also addresses who built the ship and why, how it has survived intact for so long, and what connection it may have had with the age-old Egyptian myth of the Sun-god, eternally journeying across the heavens in the Reed Float. This book is also the story of Ahmed Youssef Moustafa, Chief Restorer of the Department of Antiquities, who almost single-handedly put back together the 1,223 pieces of the ship.
Subjects
Language
Original publication date
1980
Physical description
184 p.
ISBN
0030570611 / 9780030570612
Local notes
MJW
Similar in this library
Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs by Lorna Oakes
Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries from the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great (New Aspects of Antiquity) by Geoffrey Thorndike Martin
Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt (Chronicles) by Peter A. Clayton