The Brigatti On-Line Gallery https://www.brigatti.co.uk/gallery2 no photos in 1 album en-US Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:22:22 +0100 webmaster@brigatti.co.uk webmaster@brigatti.co.uk Gallery 1.5.2-pl2, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 https://www.brigatti.co.uk/gallery2/view_album.php?set_albumName=Egypt-Cairo-SolarBoat f05d0a338266b68e9809f2c67b4017b2 Cairo Solar Boat Museum - Day 3 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 06:52:30 +0000 https://www.brigatti.co.uk/gallery2/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Egypt-Cairo-SolarBoat Our particular Tour Operator, Bales Worldwide, had an additional benefit, to visit the Solar Boat Museum, located behind the Pyramid of Cheops. <br><br><br> During excavation in 1954, to build one of the access roads, a discovery was made with a set of stones that seemingly covered a pit. Upon further inspection, they located 1,244 cedarwood parts. <br><br><br> It was reconstructed, by being stitched together using ropes made of vegetable fibers, and after its reassembly, the boat measuring 43.3m (142ft) long and is now housed in the Solar Boat Museum.