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El Omari
El Omari
Year: 2000 BC
Scale: 1/8" = 1 foot
Length: 60 feet

El Omari
Rectangular sail would spread between upper and lower yardarm
El Omari
Port view of a ship that sailed the Nile 4000 years ago

El Omari

An Egyptian passenger ship of 2000 B.C.. By this time Middle Kingdom ships often featured rounded spoon shaped hulls but many still sported the bipod and tripod masts. Here we see the rounded hull in the 12th Dynasty coupled with a rig that remained unchanged for many centuries and was seen on the Nile some 500 years prior to this time.

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Steering oars and aft crew area
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Roofed area for sun protection for passengers
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Holes in bulwarks are for leather oar straps
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