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  2. Abydos boats - Wikipedia

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    The Abydos boats are the remnants of a group of ancient royal Egyptian ceremonial boats found at an archaeological site in Abydos, Egypt. Discovered in 1991, excavation of the Abydos boats began in 2000 at which time fourteen boats were identified. [ 1 ]

  3. Dock - Wikipedia

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    Modern oceanographers have observed that the ancient Harappans must have possessed great knowledge relating to tides in order to build such a dock on the ever-shifting course of the Sabarmati, as well as exemplary hydrography and maritime engineering. [6] This is the earliest known dock found in the world equipped to berth and service ships. [6]

  4. Ancient maritime history - Wikipedia

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    In ancient times the Kingdom of Punt, which is believed by several Egyptologists to have been situated in the area of modern-day Somalia, had a steady trade link with the Ancient Egyptians and exported the precious natural resources such as myrrh, frankincense and gum. This trade network continued all the way into the classical era.

  5. Ancient Egyptian royal ships - Wikipedia

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    Several ancient Egyptian solar ships and boat pits were found in many ancient Egyptian sites. [1] The most famous is the Khufu ship, which is now preserved in the Grand Egyptian Museum. The full-sized ships or boats were buried near ancient Egyptian pyramids or temples at many sites. The history and function of the ships are not precisely known.

  6. Baris (ship) - Wikipedia

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    A baris (Ancient Egyptian: π“ƒ€π“…‘π“„Ώπ“­π“‚‹π“€π“Š›, romanized: bꜣjr) is a type of Ancient Egyptian ship, whose unique method of construction [1] was described by Herodotus, writing in about 450 BC. [2]

  7. Wadi al-Jarf - Wikipedia

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    A somewhat similar ancient port is at Ain Sukhna, a little north of Wadi al-Jarf. The site was first discovered by J. G. Wilkinson in 1832. It was rediscovered by a French team in the 1950s, who named it Rod el-Khawaga. Archeological work was quickly abandoned when the Suez Crisis broke out in 1956. A joint French–Egyptian team resumed ...

  8. Khufu ship - Wikipedia

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    The Khufu ship is an intact full-size solar barque from ancient Egypt. It was sealed into a pit alongside the Great Pyramid of pharaoh Khufu around 2500 BC, during the Fourth Dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom. Like other buried Ancient Egyptian ships, it was part of the extensive grave goods intended for use in the afterlife.

  9. Harbor - Wikipedia

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    Artificial harbors are frequently built for use as ports. The oldest artificial harbor known is the Ancient Egyptian site at Wadi al-Jarf, on the Red Sea coast, which is at least 4500 years old (ca. 2600–2550 BCE, reign of King Khufu). The largest artificially created harbor is Jebel Ali in Dubai. [2]