Khufu Ship

Next stop on our tour will be at the Khufu ship. This ship was found sealed in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and was used during the pharaoh's burial. The idea behind the burial was that the would mummify the king and in the afterlife the ship would take his soul to the sun god Ra. To place the ships actually into the pyramid, they would carve out places inside for them to fit and place them in. When they discovered the ship inside, there was actually another in there with it. It is interesting that the oldest ship in the world belongs to a place that is in the desert. It is a historically significant site because it is the oldest known boat in existence and was the burial ship for the first of the Great Pyramid builders. It is also quite amazing that given the grave robbing that went on in the other temples and pyramids, that the ships made it out in tact. The place the ship sits at is actually an entire museum dedicated to the Great Pyramids and the ships that were found inside.