Riverboat
The Nile was the easiest way to travel north and south in Egypt. It was the main highway. Twelve oarsmen are rowing this boat model just as oarsmen of a real Nile boat would row downstream against the prevailing north wind. The tall white post amidships would have supported a mast and sail when the boat was going south (upstream) with the wind behind it. Eleven other boat models were discovered with this one in the Tomb of Meketre. Six models were equipped for rowing north and the other six for sailing south with the wind behind them.

View of Luxor looking west across the Nile
Beyond the green cultivated land are cliffs and wadis (dry riverbeds) where the people of ancient Thebes buried their dead. At the base of the cliffs on the right is the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut.