The brick-lined pits in which the Abydos boats were buried

A Fleet Hidden in the Sand

In Egypt, archaeologists found odd lines of mudbrick and realized they were not walls at all. They marked more than a dozen ship graves—a royal fleet buried in the desert at Abydos, an ancient Egyptian burial site.

Abydos Boats: Egypt’s Buried Fleet for the Afterlife

Stèle cintrée à deux registres - Abybos (où est enterré le dieu Osiris)- Les hiéroglyphes gravés et peints en vert sont des textes d’offrandes qu’accompagnent les noms et titres de ces quatre personnages : Sameres, Gouf, Iqer et Ouser.

Boats Built for the Dead

Each grave was shaped like a boat, coated with mud plaster and whitewash, with small boulders at the prow and stern standing in for anchors. The boats pointed toward the Nile, suggesting they were royal vessels meant for the pharaoh’s afterlife journey.

Abydos Boats: Egypt’s Buried Fleet for the Afterlife

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