JAEI 9 Ancient Egyptian processional (portable) barques took various forms, not all of which included shrines for cult images. Some of the model boats found in Tutankhamun’s tomb resemble and were probably originally shrineless processional barques used in festivals, rather than funerary models of solar barques in the usual sense.
Review of Beni Hassan Volume 1: The Tomb of Khnumhotep II, by Naguib Kanawati, Linda Evans, et al.
The Earliest Known Uses of “l’égyptomanie”/”Egyptomania” in French and English
Overland Boat Transportation During the Pharaonic Period: Archaeology and Iconography
Pharaonic Egyptian needs for waterborne transport surpassed the convenience of geography. Several obstacles— chiefly the lack of a water passage from the Nile Valley to the Red Sea and the unnavigable waters of the Second Cataract—had to be overcome. The Egyptians achieved this by techniques of hull construction, by architectural means, and by the employment of vehicles….