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April 23, 2005
More on the Ancient Egyptian Ship
Last month I reported on the remains of an ancient Egyptian Ship that was found in caves by the Red Sea. A new article in the EurekAlert gives additional details of the discovery and the finds.
Even more details will be presented at today's 56th annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) in Cambridge, MA. I wish I could attend.
The new EurekAlert article reports:
Inside the entrance were the two cedar steering oars found by the group. The scientists speculate that the oars may have been used on 70-foot-long ships from a 15th -century naval expedition launched by Egypt's Queen Hatshepsut to the southern Red Sea trade center, Punt. Well-preserved and intact, the oars are the first complete parts from a sea-faring ship to have been found in Egypt. Near the oars were found pieces of pottery dating from 1500 – 1400 B.C.The cave also held hints of use as a temple. Near its entrance, the research team found small carved niches, four of which still held limestone tablets, known as stelae. One stela, the best preserved, bore hieroglyphic inscriptions describing expeditions to Punt and to Bia-Punt, the location of which is unknown. It also told of two officials, Nebsu and Amenhotep, who led the expeditions. Other inscriptions on the stela include an offering scene to the god Min, the god of the Eastern Desert also associated with fertility, and a cartouche of King Amenemhat III, who ruled Egypt around 1800 B.C. The stela's text provides new information about King Amenemhat III, suggesting he ordered the previously unknown expeditions to the Punt and Bia-Punt regions.
I'll update all this when I get more information. Perhaps someday we'll even learn the location of Punt.
Posted by Duane Smith at April 23, 2005 9:45 AM | Read more on Archaeology |
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