Message #10077

[Qoais]

Hi Johnee
I was just looking at those pictures this morning!!  I remember reading about when they found the boats of the Pharoah, they were trying to figure out how to put them back together, and it turned out there was a numbering system marked on the pieces, like a sewing pattern, and once they figured that out, it came easier.  I was also just looking at a picture that shows how it was "stitched" together - lashed together - over and under - so it wouldn't leak.

Now some (not me) would say that this boat was never meant to be used in this life on earth.  That it was buried with the Pharoah for use in the next life, therefore, they didn't really need anyone to propell it.  However, if you figure the dead pharoah is inside then there would be room for the polers.
When the Egyptians buried things with the Pharoah, it was for him to make use of in his next life, so to me, the boat would have had to be "usable" and not just representational.  They put real food, real oil, real treasures in the tomb, so to me, the boat would have had to be real and operable also.  Whether or not giants propelled it, I don't know.  If those oars are balsa wood, they'd be fairly light even tho they are long.