History greatest treasures
- POSTED ON: 16 Feb, 2021
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Various sites in Egypt have thrown up fabulous discoveries that throw light on the history of ancient civilisations. Numerous artefacts that are of cultural significance to the country have been discovered over the years. Here are a few of them.
Khufu Ship
Discovered in 1954, it is an intact full-size vessel from ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid around 2500 BC. The ship is now preserved in the Giza Solar boat museum.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Also known as the Pyramid of Khufu, it is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. The pyramid was built as a tomb around 2560 BC.
The unfinished obelisk
It is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. However, the reason it is unfinished is because, once they began to carve it out of bedrock, cracks appeared in the granite and the project had to be abandoned.
Abu Simbel
It is a village in the Egyptian part of Nubia and has as many as 2600 inhabitants. It is best known as the site of the Abu Simbel temples, which were built by King Rameses II.