The huge wooden boat to the right was preserved bythe heat of the Egyptian desert for 4500 years before it wasdiscovered buried next to the great pyramid of Cheops, nearCairo.

• 右图中巨大木船的出土地毗邻开罗附近的胡夫（齐奥普斯）大金字塔，在发现之前，它依靠埃及沙漠的炎热度过了4500年。