The discovery of the Khufu ship – an ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s barge buried inside his funeral pyramid – in 1954 is being celebrated by a Google Doodle today
It is 65 years to the day since archaeologists stumbled across the vessel inside the Great Pyramid of Giza
The wooden ship is 4,600 years old and was reportedly so well-designed it could still sail if launched back onto the Nile today
Although the exact purpose of the boat remains a mystery, historians believe it was placed inside the pyramid for the pharaoh Khufu, who is buried there
It is sometimes known as a “solar barge” because it is thought it was included inside Khufu’s burial chamber to allow him to sail across the heavens after death with the sun god Ra
According to Independent
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