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’Isis and the young Seti at Abydos.’
This relief shows Isis caressing pharaoh Seti I as a child. She says to him: “You are my son, you have come forth from me, I have nursed you, in order to be Ruler of the Two Lands.” Sitting in the lap of Isis, Seti has taken the role of Horus, Isis’ child.
Behind the pharaoh we see his Horus name (Powerful Bull in Thebes), written within a rectangle (a “serekh”) on which a falcon is perched. The rectangle is held by Seti’s “ka” (life force) which is depicted as the hieroglyph for ka (two upraised arms) in an anthropomorphic form: below the hieroglyph two arms appear, one of which holds a standard. The standard is topped by a pharaoh’s head and another ka hieroglyph.
The relief is located on the west wall of the Second Hypostyle Hall of the Seti I Temple at Abydos, between the entrances of the Chapel of Amun-Ra and the Chapel of Osiris. For a wider view see pictures 29865 and 64.
The Seti Temple at Abydos was begun by Seti I and completed by his son Ramses II in the 13th century BC. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](https://egypt-toursg.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/29866.jpg)
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5 Days
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Max People : 26
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Jan 18’ - Dec 21
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Min Age : 10+
Description
Egypt where the civilizations were begun
| Program | Egypt Tour Packages 10 days King Djoser |
| Duration: | 09 Nights / 10 days |
| Destinations covered: | Cairo » Luxor » Aswan » Luxor » Cairo |
(04 Night Cairo » 04 Nights Nile Cruise Luxor and Aswan » 01 Night Luxor)
10 Heavenly Days Tour of Egypt
Step into the famous land of the pharaohs and wonder at its ancient temples, pyramids, tombs, mummies, and culture. Travel across Egypt and down its Nile in the 10-day luxurious private tour. In this luxury tour of Egypt, you will get to explore Egypt’s main attractions in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan. In Cairo, you will get to see many attractions such as the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum, the Citadel of Salah al-Din, and Coptic Cairo where you will visit the Hanging Church. When you are done with Cairo, you will travel south through the Nile River on a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan where you will spend 4 nights. In Luxor and Aswan, you will get to see many monuments such as Karnak Temple, Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and Temple of Philae.
Experience Egypt and feel like royalty only with Khaled Abbass Tour Guide
Itinerary
I will meet you at Cairo International Airport. Then I will accompany you to the hotel by a private luxury air-conditioned car. At the hotel, the tour manager assists you for a smooth check-in and then I am going to review the vacation package itinerary with you to re-confirm pickup times for each tour and activity. Overnight in Cairo.
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo/Giza, then your private guide will take you to a mesmerising tour to Giza Pyramids "the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren Pyramid, and Micrinus Pyramid" and the famous Sphinx.
The Step Pyramid Of Saqqara
It’s called also step Pyramid of Zoser or Josser, due to the King Zoser who ordered his minister Imhotep to build it, this pyramid consists of six-layers, It’s height was about 197foot (60 meters).
The Mastaba Tomb Of Kagemni Also Known As Memi
The mastaba was discovered in 1843 by Richard Lepsius. It had to wait until 1905 before von Bissing would begin his publication of rooms IV to VIII, which wasn't completed until 1911.
Pyramid Complex Of Teti
Teti (c.2345–2323 BC), the first ruler of the Sixth Dynasty, built his pyramidal complex not far from the Step Pyramid of (c.2667–2648 BC), in Saqqara. Upon completion, it stood 52.5 m tall.
Memphis Open Air Museum
Memphis city is the ancient Egyptian city, it was the first capital of ancient Egypt during the old Kingdom and home to the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx and Saqqara.
Giza Pyramids Complex
The three main pyramids of Giza (Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure) are sufficient enough to build a 2-meter-long wall and span 100,000 square kilometers around the globe along with the equator.
The Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid of King Khufu is considered largely represents the spirit of ancient Egypt, King Khufu who built this Pyramid as a cemetery has left little information about his reign. Khufu ruled for about twenty-four years. Ironically, despite the enormity of his pyramid, the only statue of King Khufu himself is really small statue carved from ivory, about three inches long. Afterward, head to visit:
The Magical Sphinx
Who among us when mentioning the name of the Sphinx does not think about this stone sculpture that carved in the form of the human head and lion body, which is located in the Giza plateau in Egypt the Sphinx is one of the oldest and the largest sculptures in the world, it’s about 73.5 meters long and 6 meters wide. There have been many and different opinions about the symbol represented by the Sphinx, Old views said that it represents the wisdom of man and the strength of the lion together and these qualities were applicable to “King Khafre“. After that, continue your day tour from Cairo to Pyramids by paying a visit to:
The Valley Temple
It was used as a place for the embalming process. This temple constructed definitely for two functions: First, it was used for the purification of the mummy before its burial. Second, it was used for making the Mummification process of the king. Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after the day tour Lunch will be served during the day in a local restaurant At the end back to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. Your private guide will take you on a full day tour in Cairo. You will visit the following attractions: the Egyptian Museum, the Citadel of Salah al-Din and the Mohammed Ali al-Marmar Mosque.
The Egyptian Museum
Where you can see a rare collection of artifacts that date back to 5000 years and Over 250,000 genuine monuments are presented, the Egyptian Museum also contains the most important artifacts that reflect the splendor of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Salah El Din Citadel In Cairo
Salah Al-Deen (know as Saladin to European historians) overthrew the Fatimid dynasty in 1171 AD, establishing the new Sunni Ayyubid Caliphate. Given the threat of invasion by European crusader armies, Saladin decided to improve the fortifications of the city and in 1176 AD he began construction of a wall that would encircle both Al-Qahira (today Islamic) and Fustat (Old Cairo). Saladin’s Citadel served as the seat of government in Egypt for 700 years until Khedive Ismail moved into Abdin Palace in newly constructed Downtown Cairo in the 1870’s.
Mohamed Ali Mosque
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali is located inside the Citadel of Salah al‑Din al‑Ayyubi (Saladin) in Cairo. It was built by Muhammad Ali Pasha (1220–1264 AH/1805–1848 AD), the founder of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty (1220–1372 AH/1805–1953 AD), on the site of Mamluk palaces. He had these demolished to make room for his new building, which is also known as the "Alabaster Mosque", in reference to its marble paneling on its interior and exterior walls. The mosque’s twin minarets are the highest in all of Egypt, each reaching a height of 84 meters. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. Then your tour will be continued to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you can explore Khan El Khalili Bazaar, the old market. Then you go to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, St. Barbara Church, Abu Sirga Church.
Coptic Cairo
Coptic Cairo is unique area with Old Cairo that has a concentration of Christian churches and other sites that date from the centuries between the decline of the pharaonic religion and the arrival of Islam when Egypt had a Christian majority. Coptic Cairo is largely built around the fort of Babylon on upon the remains of its walls.
Saint Mercurius Church
Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo is a Coptic Orthodox church situated just to the north of the Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo among a group of important churches, and within the area known as the Abu Sayfayn Cloister is to be found three churches and a convent. One of these churches, dedicated to Saint Mercurius, and is the largest in the district of ancient Babylon. The church is named after St. Philopater Mercurius who is known as Abu Sayfayn ("double sworded").
Hanging Church
The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage. The church is approached by twenty-nine steps; early travelers to Cairo dubbed it "the Staircase Church".The land surface has risen by some six meters since the Roman period, so the Roman tower is mostly buried below ground, reducing the visual impact of the church's elevated position.
Church Of The Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
The Church of the Holy Virgin in Babylon El-Darag was occupied from the 11th to the 15th centuries by several Coptic patriarchs, seven of whom were buried in the church. Pope Zacharias was one of them. Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria used to pray in the church before assuming papacy. According to tradition, the church was one of the resting places of the Holy Family during their sojourn in Egypt, as well as the location from which Peter sent his epistle (1 Peter 5:13).The relics of saints Demiana and Simon the Tanner are contained in the church as well.
Saints Sergius And Bacchus Church
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church is traditionally believed to have been built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the fortress. The church is of significant historical importance, and in fact, it is where many patriarchs of the Coptic Church were elected. The first to be elected here was Patriarch Isaac (681-692). It is the episcopal church of Cairo, and it was the episcopal See of Masr (the district of Old Cairo) that replaced the former See of Babylon. Many bishops of the See were consecrated in the Church until the reign of Patriarch Christodulus (1047–1077).
Church Of St. George (Cairo)
The Church of St. George is a Greek Orthodox Church within the Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo. It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St George under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa. The church dates back to the 10th century (or earlier). The current structure was rebuilt following a 1904 fire, construction was finished in 1909. Since 2009, the monastery's hegumen has had the rank of bishop with title Bishop Babylonos ("Bishop of Babylon").
Khan El-Khalili.
Located in the heart of Islamic Cairo, near the medieval walled city of the Saladin Citadel, the Khan el-Khalili market was built on the old burial site of the Fatimid Caliphs, who founded Cairo in the 10th century. Trading in the souk dates from the 14th century, but its elaborately-carved monumental gates and grid-like alleyways were constructed in the 16th century under Egypt's last powerful Mamluk ruler. At the end back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Check out from you hotel in the morning. Transfer to Cairo airport for domestic flight to Luxor. Your tour manager will meet you at the airport of Luxor and take you by air-conditioned car to your hotel for check in.
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, check out the hotel in the morning. Transfer to start Egypt Nile cruise in Luxor. Enjoy lunch on bord of your motor ship on the Nile. Start your tours in Luxor with the East Bank of the Nile to visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
Karnak Temple
Built over two millennia between the years of around 2200 and 360 BCE, Karnak is a massive Ancient Egyptian temple complex that was one of the country's most important places of worship under the rules of Hatshepsut, Seti I, Ramesses II and Ramesses III. As well as the dominating Temple of Amun-Ra, Karnak is also made up of smaller chapels and sanctuaries dedicated to other deities, as well as grand halls, docks, a sacred lake. and pylons - the monumental gateways that mark temple entrances.
Luxor Temple
Luxor Temple, Ipet‑resyt “Southern Sanctuary” to the ancient Egyptians, was so called because of its location within ancient Thebes (modern Luxor). It is located around three kilometers to the south of Karnak Temple, to which it was once linked with a processional way bordered with sphinxes. The oldest evidence for this temple dates to the Eighteenth Dynasty (c.1550–1295 BC). . Dinner and overnight on the cruise ship.
Optional Tour
to enjoy sound and light performances at Karnak Temple.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast: enjoy the magnificent Luxor trip to the royal tombs of the 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings. Visit the legendary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which were built in 1500 BC. After that you visit Colossi of Memnon.
The Valley Of The Kings
The rulers of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt’s prosperous New Kingdom (c.1550–1069 BC) were buried in a desolate dry river valley across the river from the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), hence its modern name of the Valley of the Kings. This moniker is not entirely accurate, however, since some members of the royal family aside from the king were buried here as well, as were a few non-royal, albeit very high-ranking, individuals.
Hatshepsut Temple
Hatshepsut (c.1473–1458 BC), the queen who became Pharaoh, built a magnificent temple at Deir al-Bahari, on the west back of Luxor. It lies directly across the Nile from Karnak Temple, the main sanctuary of the god Amun. Hatshepsut’s temple, Djeser-djeseru “the Holy of Holies” was designed by the chief steward of Amun, Senenmut.
Colossi Of Memnon
These two faceless colossi (the plural of colossus, which just means larger-than-life statue) are the first thing visitors see when they reach the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. This isn't surprising when you hear their dimensions: they tower 60 feet (18 m) above the plains and are estimated to weigh an enormous 720 tons each. Lunch on bord and sail to Edfu, then enjoy a leisurely dinner. Overnight aboard the Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy your breakfast in the Morning. Lunch will be served on board before the visit of the most preserved temple in Egypt, the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Then visit the temple shared by two gods Sobek Haeroris in Kom Ombo.
Sobek And Horus Wr Temples
The temple is unique for its dedication to two different deities: the local crocodile-headed god Sobek, and the first "god of the Kingdom", the falcon-headed god Horus the Elder (also called Haroeris). This double dedication was deliberate. Not only is it architecturally duplicated, with two sets of courts, hypostyle halls and sanctuaries, the twin temple is symbolic of the local and Universalist themes that the two different deities represented.
The Temple Of Horus
Built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is generally regarded to be the best-preserved of the Ancient Egyptian sanctuaries. For 200 years, the structure was buried under almost 40 feet (12 meters) of desert sand and silt from the Nile, which incredibly helped to conserve it to near-perfection Back to the ship and enjoy an afternoon tea while sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy your breakfast on the Nile River cruise. Start your Aswan tours with the High Dam and the largest ancient obelisk "the unfinished obelisk". Then the best tour of Aswan: visit the beautiful Philae temple of the goddess Isis and Hathor.
Philae Temples
This beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in all of Egypt. It sits on Aglika Island just south of the old Aswan Dam and you must ride a water taxi to the island to get to theruins. The temple was moved to its current location following the construction of the High Dam, which threatened to submerge it permanently. The careful reconstruction at the current site carefully completed, painstakingly preserving the original appearance and layout of the complex and even landscaping the island to match its former location.
The High Dam
When construction began on the High Dam in 1960, it was the most heralded part of President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s effort to develop Egypt for all Egyptians. While the dam is certainly not the largest in the world, it is an impressive engineering feat nonetheless, over 360 feet tall and 12,500 feet across. The dam was completed in 1971 and the huge reservoir behind it, named for President Nasser, finished filling in 1979.
The Unfinished Obelisk
The Unfinished Obelisk is a rare opportunity to consider what this process might have been like and just how difficult it was to shape and carve the great stone blocks that make up Egypt’s many monuments. This huge obelisk would have stood 140 feet in height, the largest even in Egypt. It was to be carved from the Red Aswan granite that decorate many of Egypt’s greatest monument and for which the city is famous. This greatest of all of Egypt’s monoliths, however, was never finished. At a late stage in its formation, a flaw in the rock was discovered and it was abandoned. Dinner and overnight aboard the Nile cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy your breakfast on the Nile cruise, then Check out of the Nile Cruise.
Optional Trip To Abu Simbel Temples
about 3 and a half hours. From Aswan to Abu Simbel with a private air-conditioned car. Upon your arrival at Abu Simbel, enjoy the impressive temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, dedicated to the four world gods of: Ptah, Reharakhetty, Amun Rey, and Ramses II.
Meals: Breakfast
Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel. You will be taken to Aswan Airport to fly to Cairo. It is time in Cairo International Airport for the final departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Experience
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Highlights
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Day 01 Arrival To EgyptDay 02 Pyramids , Saqqara And MemphisDay 03 Egyptian Museum – Coptic Cairo – Saladin Citadel – Khan KhaliliDay 04 Fly Cairo To LuxorDay 05 Nile Cruise - Tours In LuxorDay 06 Nile Cruise - Tours In LuxorDay 07 Nile Cruise - The Temples Of Edfu And Kom OmboDay 08 Nile Cruises - Aswan ToursDay 09 Fly From Aswan To CairoDay 10 Fly Back Home:
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Includes
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Package rate includes:Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports.Assistance of our guest relations during your stay.All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo hotel including daily breakfast.Accommodation for 4 nights on board Nile cruise on full board.Accommodation for 1 night in Luxor hotel including daily breakfast.Interior flight tickets from Cairo to Luxor and from Aswan to Cairo.All sightseeing tours in Cairo as mentioned are private guided tours.All shore excursions on the cruise as mentioned.Meals in hotel, Nile cruise and during tours as mentioned in the itinerary.English speaking tour guide.Admission fees to the sights throughout the tours.Free bottled water during the tours and during journeys by road.All service charges and taxes
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Package rate excludes:International Airfare.Entry Visa to Egypt.Optional tours.Personal spending.
Starts from $ 1750
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