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Solar Boat of Cheops In the Grand Museum, Cairo Sightseeing Tour, Egypt | Khufu Ship | Best Things to Do in Giza & Facts, Secrets of Funerary Boats "Pharaonic Monuments" The Boat of Cheops - The Pharaonic Solar Boat | History Of Egyptian & the construction of the most important archaeological tourist attractions on the Giza plateau in Ancient Egypt, valuable information about the secrets of funerary boats, and more Things to Do in Egypt. Hurghada lovers Offer Luxury Hurghada to Pyramids Tours | El Gouna to Pyramids Tours | Makadi bay to Pyramids Tours | Sahl Hasheesh to Pyramids Tours | Soma bay to Pyramids Tours . Solar Boat of Cheops In the Grand Museum, Cairo, Egypt | Khufu Ship Description of the Solar Boat of Cheops: A very luxurious Royal Boat. 5 pairs of cedar wood oars 2 maneuvers Anchor scaffolding Two cabins. Length 42.3 m Width 5.6 m The Solar Boat was designed in the form of a papyrus plant, planks were used to build the boat, but archaeologists confirmed that the boat was not used in the water and that the parts of the boat were made next to the pyramid. Stages of discovery of the Solar Boat of Cheops: In 1954, the famous Egyptian archaeologist Kamal al-Malakh found seven pits, two hatches containing King Cheops' boats, two queens' pits and the rest belonging to King Cheops' funerary objects, which lasted 10 years. The second pit was discovered in 1987, when archaeologists were preparing to reinstall and assemble it to exhibit with the boats in the Grand Egyptian Museum "Museums of Egypt". The second pit was found in the eastern tip parallel to the largest pyramid to the south at a distance of 17 meters, with a depth of 5 meters and a length of 31