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The ship of Khufu (King Cheops), the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. The ship now is preserved in the Giza boat museum. Khufu's ship is one of the oldest, largest, and best-preserved vessels from antiquity. It measures 43.6 m (143 ft) long and 5.9 m (19.5 ft) wide. It was thus identified as the world's o

The Khufu ship of ancient Egypt is one of the oldest, largest and best preserved ships of antiquity. Since 1982, the boat has been on display at the Khufu Boat Museum, a small modern-looking building next to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Good vision followers | Egypt Cradle of civilization