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133148

"Andy Wilkins" <andy.wilkins@c..

May-07-2004

RE: Sharpening jigs (short)

 Yes, apparently the egyptians were making boats of bound
papyrus around 4000BC.  Cheops' pyramid (2500BC) has two
big lebanese-cedar boats about 50m long buried beside it.

a

> IIRC, the Egyptians were importing timber from Lebanon even 
> earlier.  That must have been carried by ships.
> 
> Glenn McDavid

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