*The ancient pharaohs, in stocking their tombs with provisions for the next life, required a number of funerary boats for their transport. Of these, two were "solar" boats--one for journeying in the path of the Sun God, Re, from east to west by day, and the second for the long night journey through the underworld from west to east. Five such boat pits have been discovered around Cheops' pyramid--two with contents intact; five have been discovered around Chephren's pyramid, all empty; and none have been found in the area surrounding Mycerinus' pyramid, which is still surrounded with much rubble.