Stock photography, photos: Solar Boat - Egypt Stock photos of Near the Pyramid of Cheops there were found two rectangular boat pits found on the south side of the Great Pyramid were discovered in 1954, covered by huge limestone slabs, containing the dismantled remains of two Royal Boats. One of the boats - made up of 1,224 separate parts was reconstructed by being stitched together using ropes made of vegetable fibers. After its reassembly, the boat measuring 43.3m (142ft) long is now housed in the Solar Boat Museum next to the pyramid. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: egypt, north africa, egyptian, solar boat, giza, old kingdom, pharoah, cheops, cairo