Introduction of wooden boat model

The wooden boat model belongs to ancient Egyptian cultural relics, painted wood, with a length of 84 cm and a width of 19 cm. During the transitional kingdom, that is, from the 1 1 to the 12 dynasty, about 2 100- 1800 BC, the wooden boat model belonged to the first batch of sacrificial objects that appeared in the tombs in 4000 BC, and it copied the common ferries on the Nile at that time. Horus's eyes are painted on one side of the model ship, which can protect the safety of the crew. There are eight rowers on board. According to the traditional techniques of ancient Egyptian painting, men's skin is red and women's skin is yellow. There are two rows of people on board, with the helmsman lying at the stern and the official standing at the bow to detect the water depth. On the Nile River in ancient Egypt, a large number of such wooden boats or sailboats shuttled back and forth every day to transport people and goods. Some of them undertook military missions, while others specially transported mummies to cemeteries in the West Bank.