The cheops boats

THE CHEOPS BOATS, PART I
	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NEWLY DISCOVERED BOAT AT GIZA
		THE DISCOVERY
			The Southern Court of the Pyramid
			The Southern Enclosure wall of the Pyramid
			Opening the Pit and Finding the Boat
		LIFTING UP THE WOODEN PARTS OF THE BOAT AND THEIR PRESERVATION
			1.—Dating the southern enclosure wall
			2.—The limestone blocks
			3.—The Pit
			4.—The quarry marks
			5.—A description of the Boat
		List of Figures: 1-4
		List of Plates: I-XV
		Plates I-XV
	REPORT ON THE ENGINEERING WORKS IN THE NEWLY DISCOVERED BOAT
		INTRODUCTION
		Erection of the Shelter
		The Limestone Blocks under the Wall
		Lifting up the Blocks
		Further Observations on the Blocks and the Pit
		List of Figures: 5-9
		List of Plates: XVI-XXX
		Plates XVI-XXX
	THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF THE OBJECTS AND MATERIALS FOUND IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE WOODEN BOAT AT GIZA (Part I)
		THE DAKKAH
			The Powder
			The Wood Scraps
		THE BLOCKS
			1.—Mortar used in Connection with the Blocks
			2.—Tools used for Dressing the Surfaces of the Blocks and the Pit
			3.—Red Pigments
			4.—Quarry Marks
		THE BOAT
			1.—Belative Humidity Inside the Pit and its Relation to the State of the Wood of the Boat
			2.—Plant Materials used for Making the Matting, Cordage, Basket-work and Cloth Found on the Surface of the Boat
			3.—Distribution of Objects on the Surface of the Boat
			4.—Kinds of Wood used in Making the Boat
			5.—Pigments used for Painting the Wood
			6.—Joints
			7.—Conservation of the Objects Found on the Surface of the Boat
			8.—Conservation of the Wooden Parts of the Boat
		List of Figures: 10-22
		List of Plates: XXXI-XLII
		Plates XXXI-XLII
	THE LIFTING UP OF THE WOODEN PARTS OF THE GIZA BOAT
		INTRODUCTION
			1.—Taking photographs of the wooden parts before lifting them from the pit.
			2. Reaching the surface of the pieces without being supported on them
			3.—Protecting the weak pieces of the boat while lifting them from the pit
			4.—Lifting up the wooden parts of the boat and transferring them to the Restoration Studio
			5.—How the Parts of the Boat were aranged in the Restoration Studio
		List of Plates: XLIII-LXVII