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By 2900 B.C , the Egyptians were sailing to Byblos in lebanon to buy cedarwood for shipbuilding. These ships had a large square carried on a double mast, which could be lowered when the ship was being rowed, and were steered by oars. Imported timber enabled the Egyptians to build giant barges to move long and heavy stone obelisks along the Nile. The biggest of these barges (about 1500 B.C.) were 61 meters (200 feet) long by 24 meters (80 feet) across. Able to carry 700 tons, they were towed by 27 smaller craft.
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Detailed wall carvings at Deir elBahari Egypt show cargo ships of the trading fleet sent out of the land of "Punt" around 1500 B.C. They carried a wide single sail and could be rowed by 15 oars a side , meaning that these ships would have been about 24-27 meters (80-90) feet long.
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Egyptian Nile boat with deek cargo. Egyptian sailing ship with a sailor, at left, using a sounding pole to judge the depth of the water.
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Egyptian ship of about 2700 B.C. The two-legged or bipod mast could be lowered when the ship was rowed.
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The world's oldest ship is 4500 years old. It is the funeral barge found in the tomb of King Kunfu, who built the Great Pyramid. King Kunfu's funeral barge was built of cedar timbers brought to Egypt from the forests of Lebanon. It is 42.6 meters (140 feet) long and was rowed by ears.

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