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Coils of Ancient Egyptian rope found in man-made cave

By Ben Morales-Correa

The ancient Egyptian’s secret to making the strongest of all rigging ropes lies in a tangle of cord coils in a cave found in a hand-hewn cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Marsa Gawasis, 23 kilometers (14 miles) south of Safaga. Discovered three years ago by archaeologists Rodolfo Fattovich of the Oriental Studies... »



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