Seagoing merchant ship of ancient Egypt

The development of maritime trade in ancient Egypt entail improving the design of ships. There fore and aft bars. They were made by thorns, which includes board plating. Decreased nasal overhang, steering oars were increased and incorporated in solid crutch. However, due to the lack of additional longitudinal strength body constrict rope in special bearings. At the bow and stern, there were small areas.

Mast direct sail and two bent at the ends rei were rigged. Served as the anchor stone tied rope. Displacement Egyptian sea-going vessels up to 60-80 tons built larger ships for the transport of construction materials, stone blocks for the pyramids, obelisks. Along the gunwale sides to strengthen small pegs-crutch, which tied a short oars with lanceolate lobes. At expanding "plumes" forshtevnya and ahtershtevnya caused symbolic images or images eyes.

Gunwale - the upper deck beams on the bulwarks of ships (bulwark - the continuation of the side above the open upper deck).

Stem - nasal tip of the ship.

Stern-post - the lower end of the ship round.

The topography of the burial temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri (XVIII dynasty, 1490-1468gg. BC).

Drawing fragments from ships

The terrain contains the most detailed description of the distant Punta. Unfortunately, we show only the arrival of the Egyptian fleet in Punt, and his return to Thebes - the very mention of the journey are virtually non-existent. Nevertheless, these compositions, performed with so characteristic of the Egyptians attention to detail, we can see if nayavu, most unexpected and interesting details of life fragrances and relationships of its inhabitants with the Egyptians.

The expedition, led by grandee Panehsi, lasted three years and started at 9 th year of the queen.

Perhaps a total of five ships. The relief shows going 5 and 5 coming korabley.Krome to present a small boat escorts. Inozemtsev sailed on the beach met the king Punta Parehu, bearded, similar to the Egyptian man in cheptse and unusual nabedrennoy bandage, and his wife Ati, a woman incredible volume, barely fits on a donkey. There was an exchange of gifts, during which the Egyptians were not only much-desired spices, but other gifts «Earth God»: ivory, ebony, malachite, gold and elektrum, as well as live monkeys and giraffe.

Despite the fact that over the localization of the country are still being endless disputes, as shown by masters of Hatshepsut tropical nature Punta - palm trees, giraffes huts and small puntiytsev standing in the middle of piles marsh, with staircases at the entrances will no doubt point out that this Africa. Messengers queen loaded on ships and more than thirty living ladanovyh and mirrovyh trees in the tub.

Returning fleet met the queen herself.