King Khufu’s 4,600-year-old solar boat, designed to take the king to heaven, was transported up to a few kilometres to a new museum, Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Ministry, on 7 August.
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The 20-ton, 42-meter-long vessel manufactured with cedar wood is expected to be introduced to the soon-to-launch Grand Egyptian Museum inside a metal cage operating on a remote-controlled vehicle that has been imported from Belgium.
The goal of this transportation project is to...