Modern Port Maybe Cesarea |
The Christian Iconoclasts had the images of these fishermen removed. |
Cheops Solar Boat |
Ship of the Desert |
The hull of the Jesus Boat |
Near Giza we visit the Mastaba Tomb, a rectangular one story
tomb, of an official who served with the pharaoh whose pyramid is near by. This
Mastaba is elaborately decorated with carvings of daily life. Pictured are
boats fishing on the nile, the fish that are in the Nile and several depictions
of hippopotamuses devouring alligators.
Our second night in Cairo there was an optional dinner boat
cruise on the Nile. We opted for dinner at the hotel. On Day 5 we left Cairo
and crossed under the Suez Canal in a dry tunnel, a cloud of diesel fumes before us and behind us. After oil this is probably the second most important reason we are
invested in the peace of the Middle East. We saw a few big ships in the canal
but no good views. Our next encounter with boats is in mosaics. Even in the
dryness of Jordan the significant of the boat is noted.
We will cross the sea of Galilee in a wooden tourist boat on
a nice calm morning. We will dock at the Kibbutz Nof Ginosar where the Jesus
Boat was discovered and is housed. Two brothers walking along the Sea of
Galilee during an extremely dry and low water time start by discovering some
nails and then the boat. A major effort is launched to preserve the boat and
remove it. We have about 2/3 of the hull of a first century boat. Maybe Jesus
and his apostles were never in this boat but it is certain they used a boat
like it and it is quite probable they knew the owner of the boat. At the gift
shop here we bought a shofar which I demonstrated for all to hear until my lips
gave out.
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