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 ...

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)?

"The Mousehole pilot's boat went off with her flag flying, but the barque sailed eastward. She found out her mistake, however ...