Archaeologists Discover Funerary Boat Of One Of Ancient Egypt's Earliest Pharaohs

[Gadling]  A funerary boat dating back 5,000 years has been discovered in Egypt, Ahram Online reports. The boat was meant to take the Pharaoh Den to the afterlife and was buried in the northeast of the Giza Plateau, site of the famous (and later) pyramids. Den was a ruler of Ancient Egypt's poorly understood First Dynasty, which saw the unification of Egypt and its development as a major civilization.