Egyptian seafaring ships from the 5th Dynasty 2458-2446 BCE

This ship is typical of the vessels used during the reign of Pharaoh Sahure over 4400 years ago.  Egypt's expanding interests in trade goods such as ebony, incense such as Myrh and frankincense, gold, copper and other useful metals inspired the Egyptians to build suitable ships for navigation of the  open sea. The navy of Sahure traded with Lebanon for cedar and traveled the length of the Red Sea to the Kingdom of Punt, modern Ethiopia and Somalia for ebony, ivory and aromatic resins. Ship builders of that era did not use pegs (treenails) or metal fasteners, but relied on rope to keep their ships assembled.  Planks and the superstructure were tightly tied and bound together with rope binders. Joints and cracks in the superstructure were sealed with pitch and bitumen.

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Egyptian War Ship
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The well-known Swedish scientist and a fleet historian V. Lundstrem restored the appearance of the Egyptian war ship of the 1200 year B.C. on the ancient Egyptian bas-reliefs. She had a quite elongated hull with a solid cross framing supported by the powerful keel beam. This fact allowed refusing of the longitudinal rope tying up which was a characteristic feature of merchant ships. The fore part of the keel beam ended by a metal ram that was made in the form of an animal head. A large steering oar was fastened on the far extended sternpost. Thwarts from one board to another gave additional firmness to the hull. Oarsmen were shielded from arrows by the 80 cm bulwark. Fenced platforms for bowmen were installed at the edges of the ship and besides bowmen were placed in the wicker basket on the top of the mast. Egyptian bowmen, who were armed with long-range (150 - 160 m) bows, were the main force of the Egyptian war ship. The length of these ships varied from 30 to 40 m.
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Egyptian Papyrus Boat
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Egyptian ship made of papyrus is one of the ancient in the world. Firstly it represented itself only a papyrus raft and to about 3500 year B.C. it became already a real ship. The ship was used only for navigation on the river Nile. Her bow and her stern were raised specially to pull her across shallows. 

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