[3] In 1954 El Mallakh discovered two pits just south of the Great Pyramids of Giza on Cairo's western outskirts, he found Cheops' first boat, the oldest wooden relic of Ancient Egypt Kingdom.

His theory was that the two boats were to ferry Cheops' soul on a perpetual circle through the heavens, one for day time one for night.

Other Archeologists denied the pit but it was an American National Geographic society who discovered it which indeed held a boat.

Kamal worked in the Giza area for 14 years where he discovered Khufu ship.

[5][6] In his later life he became one of the founders of the Cairo International Film Festival while working as a journalist for Al-Ahram newspaper.