The 144-foot-long vessel is known variously as the Khufu boat, the solar barque, or the pharaoh's ship. Realizing the treasure he had on his hands, Mallakh took 20 months to remove the boat's ...

Solar deities such as Ra, the creator god who traveled across the sky in his solar barque, and Horus, the falcon-headed god of kingship and the sky, played central roles in shaping Egyptian ...

to the east, the plateau drops down to the Nile, with Cairo beyond; and to the south, the Menkaure Pyramid and the vastness of the Sahara. Can you find the Solar Barque museum (see Pharaoh's Boat)?