World oldest harbor uncovered in Red Sea

The oldest known harbor in the world has been discovered by archaeologists diving off the Red Sea site of Wadi el-Jarf.

The site was found near a huge archive of papyri – which is also the oldest known to date, and which describe how the harbor was built and used by the great King Cheops to import materials to build his flagship monument, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Haaretz reports.

Cheops, also known by his Egyptian name Khufu, reigned from 2580 to 2550 B.C.E. He had the harbor erected 180 kilometers south of Suez, in the foothills of the desert mountains.