Queen Hatshepsut Ship
1500 BC
(Johann Wolkersdorfer JW-06)
- Type: Sails and oars
- Displacement:
- Dimensions: 115 x 23 ft.
- Notes: Represented on a relief in the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri opposite Luxor. Part of an expedition that sent down the Red Sea to the Land of Punt, near present-day Somalia. Primarily a trading expedition to obtain valuable woods, myrrh, frankincense, ebony, and ivory, it also returned live potted frankincense trees.
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