Egypt begins Restoration of Khufu’s Second Boat

The second boat in it's tomb

The restoration of the second Khufu boat began yesterday as planned with the collection of samples of wood from the boat. The boats were made from Lebanese cedar and Egyptian acacia trees. Mustafa Amin, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities:

“The boat was found in a complete shape, intact and in place,” he said, adding that the focus now is on taking samples of the wood.
He said Egyptologists are studying “the different components and fungus in the wood in order to find the most sufficient and advanced way to work on the wood.”
Last year in June, a team of scientists lifted the first of 41 limestone slabs each weighing about 16 tons to uncover the pit in which the ancient ship was buried, said Sakuji Yoshimura, professor from Japan’s Waseda University.

Khufu’s Solar Boat: Then There Were Two

Khufu’s second solar boat will soon be displayed in it’s own museum beside the Great Pyramid with an announcement to be made Monday.

Khufu's 1st Solar boat in it's own museum built above it's grave

At an international press conference held on Egypt’s Giza Plateau next Monday, Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is expected to announce the launch of the second phase of the Khufu solar boat restoration project, which is being carried out in collaboration with a Japanese archaeological team from Wasida University.
Ibrahim told Ahram Online that the team would collect samples of the boat’s wooden beams for analysis on Monday in order to draw up accurate plans for the boat’s restoration in a special museum located on the plateau.
The first phase of the project, carried out two years ago, assessed the area surrounding the second boat pit with the use of topographical radar surveys. A large hangar has since been built over the second pit, with a smaller hangar erected inside to cover the top of the boat itself. The hangars were especially designed to protect the wooden remains during the project’s analysis and treatment phases.