Not really news, per se, but a useful summary, posted on athe Your Boat Portal blog yesterday, about ancient Egyptian boats from Predynastic through Pharaonic times. Here's an extract: "The ancient Egyptians were creating ships with technological skills far beyond their time, well before the invention of the wheel. Egyptologists suspect that simple light rafts made from bundled papyrus reeds may have been made by hunter-gatherers who moved to the Nile Valley during the Upper Paleolithic period; of course, no specimens remain today. However, there is evidence of the presence of boats in the Naqada II culture, which immediately preceded the dynastic period. Archaeologists have unearthed red painted pottery with designs that include boat motifs as important symbols, and some interpretations stress the boats were used in a religious or ritual capacity. Further evidence for the early use of boats lies in tomb reliefs (ship building scenes were among the most popular motifs in tombs), paintings, and model boats dating from predynastic times through the New Kingdom."
See the above page for the full item.
6 comments:
thank you this helped me with my prodject so much you dont even now!!!!!NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well what was/is your project and what were you looking for? You haven't really given me much to go on!
This is the worst info on egyptian boats I have ever seen. If your going to put info on a site puts lots of usful info on it and not just junk info!!!!! :(
And again - if you don't let me know what you're looking for I can't actually help you. But given your unpleasant attitude I don't think I would want to take the time to help you anyway.
You should write about the different types of boats throughout ancient Egypt and what was the purpose of each boat.
thats a good idea =D
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