4,000-year-old shipyard unearthed in Egypt
Remains of oldest-known seaworthy vessels come as a surprise
By Heather Whipps
Excavations at an ancient Egyptian shipyard have unearthed remains of the world's oldest seafaring ships.
The 4,000-year-old timbers were found alongside equally ancient cargo boxes, anchors, coils of rope and other naval materials just as old, at what archaeologists are calling a kind of ancient military administration site
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