How did the Ancient Egyptians travel on land and on water?

Question: How did the Ancient Egyptians travel on land and on water!?

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In Short,

On Land:
Walk, Litters, Chariots, Sledges, On Animals!.

On Water:
Ferries, Rafts, boats and ships

In Detail:

1) By Walk - they used sandals and stick(as a weapon and as a walking aid)

2) Ferries - if the rivers were wide, or else they would just walk through the river!.

3) Litters - Carrying chairs were borne by men, but sometimes they were apparently adapted and strapped to the back of donkeys as a sort of primitive saddle!.

4) Chariots - For their daily use even the pharaohs preferred the chariot!.

5) Sledges - Wheeled vehicles were never widely used and for heavy loads they were not strong enough anyway!. To facilitate the movement of sledges on packed, sunbaked soil, small amounts of water were poured on the ground before them, turning the top layer into a slick, smooth surface!.

6) Beasts of burden -
Donkeys were the only transport and pack animals used by the Egyptians until horses were brought to Egypt in Dynasty XVIII (ca!. 1539-1295 B!.C!.)!.
Horses were valuable and used only for riding or for pulling chariots!.
The domesticated camel was not introduced in Egypt until after 500 B!.C!.

7) Shipping - Rafts, boats and ships were the main means of transportation!. Apart from a few exceptions people lived in a narrow stretch of land alongside the Nile, a slow flowing river without major obstacles in the lower regions of the country!.The virtual absence of animals suited to desert travel such as camels until Persian times, was a major inducement for the excavation of a shipping canal connecting the Nile and the Red Sea!. But during the times when the canal was not navigable, caravans of people and donkeys crossed the Wadi Hammamat to Qoseir on the Red Sea and the Wadi Tumilat to the Bitter Lakes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In Ancient Egypt, the majority of people lied near the Nile, therefore boats were the fastest and most effective means of transport!.
The Nile flows from the south to the north, but the winds on the river blow from the north!. That means that boats could drift using the current or use sails and use the wind, depending on where you wanted to get to!.
The oldest Egyptian boats were made out of bundled up bunches of reed, but such boats (or rafts) were used only on short distances, eg!. when fishing!.
Since the times of the Old Kingdom, bigger boats and sea ships were built from wood (both local and imported wood)!. Egyptologists have reconstructed many different types of boats, basing on the reliefs, paintings and models found in tombs; a few original boats were also found!. There were boats used for fishing, trading and shipping goods, funeral barges!. and boats used for pleasure and entertainment (eg!. hunting) by the rich!.
Egyptian ships were built in such a way, that they could be easily pulled into pieces!. Thanks to that they could be carried through the cataracts of the Nile and then put together again!.

Although the Egyptians, whenever it was possible, used the Nile for transport, sometimes they also needed to travel by land!. However, there were no roads, because the earth and soil were too precious to the Egyptians, to waste it for roads!. The regular Nile floodings would've destroyed all roads anyways!.
During long journeys through the desert, the loads were carried by donkeys!. The rich and noble ones traveled in sedan-chairs carried by donkeys or servants, but during the New Kingdom, they sometimes would use chariots drawn by horses!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

By land, they travelled by foot, by chariot, or by servants/slaves' carrying them in litters/chairs!. Horses were generally the animal used to pull chariots; and despite movies- Camels weren't domesticated until the 9th century!.

By water, they had rafts, boats, and dragged by Croc!.
they sailed South, for the winds blow South; and going North, they could be taken by the current- which flows North into the Med!. Oars of course would help in either direction!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Land - Foot, camel, or cart!.

Water = Barges in river or canal or small boats or rafts!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the wheel was invented already and boats were around so I expect they used themWww@QuestionHome@Com

They!.!.!.

"!.!.!. walked like an Egyptian"

of course!Www@QuestionHome@Com

By foot, and on a boat, respectively!.Www@QuestionHome@Com