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The funeral rites of a mummy on the Nile, by Frederic Arthur Bridgman (1876–77). Speed Art Museum, Louisville (Public Domain) — 12 May 2023

The Dead Below Deck: Funerary Boat Customs

*By Ken Jeremiah*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old Egyptian funerary boat, measuring 60 feet (18 meters), that was so well preserved that it still had intact plant fibers attached to it, in 2016. Found near the pyramids in Abusir, the interesting thing...
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Khufu’s Barge

The Dead Below Deck: Funerary Boat Customs