Boats on the Nile

Boats on the Nile

• Most important transport was boats.
• big boats carry grains and small boats.
• showed papyrus vessels were able to do sea voyages. 
• boats paintings showed boats evolving through time.
• wooden boats were made by tying planks together.

Questions

• what did big boats carry?
• how were wooden boats made?
• what did boat paintings show?

Answers

• grains and small boats
• by tying planks together
• boats evolving through time 

Brief summary

• The sun god was believed to take 24 hours voyages across the sky.
• Egyptians made small boats by papyrus. 
• The Nile River always flows North and has a constant wind blowing south.
• The world's oldest ship was 140 feet long and was used only 1 time.
• The world's oldest ship survived for 4,500 thousands years.