Team of Egyptologists excavate 4,500-year-old boat

An Egyptian and Japanese team of scientists use a pulley system to lift the first of 41 16-ton limestone slabs to reveal fragments of the ancient ship of King Khufu next to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, Thursday, 23 June, 2011. Archaeologists have begun the excavation process of a 4,500-year-old wooden boat encased underground next to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egyptologists announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)