| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Pyramids of Giza, Desert, Egypt | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 2551-2528 BCE (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
| dc.date | -2551--2528 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-17T16:21:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-17T16:21:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | -2551--2528 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 208817 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 749 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116697 | |
| dc.description | View of the reconstructed Solar Boat, in the Solar Boat Museum, located just south of the Pyramid of Khufu, showing cabin and mid-section of Solar Boat, port side view; In 1925 George Reisner excavated the opulent burial of Cheops' [Khufu's] mother Hetepheres I, the only substantially unplundered royal tomb of the Old Kingdom, which was found in a shaft beside the causeway. Five pits arranged around the main pyramid originally contained ritual boats; one, excavated in 1954 by Kamal el-Mallakh, yielded the excellently preserved components of a dismantled cedarwood river vessel measuring over 43 m long. Reconstructed and conserved by Ahmed Youssef Mostafa, it is now displayed in a special museum on site. It is debatable whether the vessel was actually used during the King's funeral to transport the body to the valley temple, or whether it had a purely symbolic function relating to the journey of the dead King through the cosmos [the origin of the term 'solar' boat]. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/15/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | wood (cedarwood) | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | death or burial | en_US |
| dc.subject | deities | en_US |
| dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
| dc.subject | Egypt--Religion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Old Kingdom (Egyptian) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fourth Dynasty | en_US |
| dc.title | Pyramid Complex of Khufu; Solar Boat | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Pyramids of Giza; Solar Boat Museum | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A3-EG-G-5-C2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Egyptian (ancient) | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | museum | en_US |
| vra.worktype | boat | en_US |
| vra.worktype | excavation (site) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
