Museum boat of King Khufu

 
 

South of the eastern side of the pyramid is a modern building containing a compound that was discovered in 1954 AD.

It made a huge royal boat of cedar wood, has been found in disarray in the hole which is one of the largest vessels that have been found in Egypt so far.

On the front deck of the boat, there is no umbrella, covers the central part of the framework of a canopy. The rear portion of the deck of the boat, there are by the main cabin, in the form of a roof supported by columns of palm trees.

For the boat a pair of oars to steer the rudder, and five pairs of oars for the conduct of the compound, and a length of about 43.3 meters or 142.02 feet, and a width of about 5.90 meters or 19.35 feet and a height of about 5 meters or 16.4 feet at the front of the boat and 7 meters or 23 feet at the stern.

The boat used to transport the king's funerary furniture. While some boats are made as models, it is clear that this compound has already used also shows the marked contraction of the remaining ropes.