Photos Of Oldest Pharaoh Carvings

Site 7 at Nag el-Hamdurab is the most elaborate carving, showing a white-crowned king travelling with a flotilla of five boats. (Stan Hendrickx, John Coleman Darnell & Maria Carmela Gatto)Rresearchers report

Researchers found carvings of Egyptian ancient kings or pharaohs carved on rocks near the Nile River in southern Egypt. 

This is the oldest known representations of a pharaoh.

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The Site 7 carving has been recently damaged, but the sickle-shaped boats can be seen. (Stan Hendrickx, John Coleman Darnell & Maria Carmela Gatto)

A dog perches on the back of a cow, with a stick-wielding herder behind. (Stan Hendrickx, John Coleman Darnell & Maria Carmela Gatto)

A boat with three male figures, probably prisoners, standing to the right. (Stan Hendrickx, John Coleman Darnell & Maria Carmela Gatto)