 The scale on which the dynastic period of Egypt had boats is unclear. If you consider the traffic on the river Nile in ancient times as a transport arena for ancient structures and the fact that Egyptian mummies had traces of narcotics only native to Central and South America and throw in the documented evidence that they reached Australia in ancient times, then you must come to the conclusion that at some point in time they had hundreds and possibly even thousands of seafaring vessels. New discoveries are emerging from Egypt thick and fast and the latest is equally as important. In the Sinai Peninsula a shipyard has been discovered that dates to the Ptolemaic period of Egypt. Wait to hear this. The latest discovery is fairly modern compared with the Egyptian dynasty but also sheds light on these types of boat productions. What the archaeologists have on earth are limestone buildings with workshops for dry basin repair and construction of ships of a significant size. It consists of two parallel walls representing the body of the basin at a width of six meters inside the basin for repair. Both walls extend south towards the lake's ancient water at approximately 25 meters in length. Nadia Qadar, head of the central department of marine archaeology stated the following. Most of the large limestone blocks of the workshop were uprooted from their original sites for reuse for other purposes and later eras after the end of the port function and the drought of the lake and Nile branch that fed the place. She added that the remains of decomposed wood were also systematically detected in the large basin in the form of layers that may have been used for ship repairs or were boat or raft residues as well as many bronze and iron nails of different shapes and sizes were used in building and repairing boats. Egyptian officials explained that the excavations took place at the Tel Abu Safai archaeological site which is said to have been the location of the Roman fortress of Sila. The Ptolemaic dynasty was founded by one of Alexander the Great's officers and ended with the suicide of Cleopatra in 30 BC, marking the start of the Roman era in Egypt which lasted until the Islamic conquest in the 7th century. So there you have it guys, a 2000 year old Roman era shipyard discovered in the Sinai Peninsula. Let us know below what you guys think about this and as always thank you for watching.