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In the morning the tour leader will meet you in your hotel to take you on the best Day tour to Saqqara.
First, you will visit The Step Pyramid in Saqqara It was the biggest structure around at the time. Here, limestone was first extensively used in building and the concept of a grand royal tomb in the shape of a pyramid was first fully realized.
The sound stop on your trip is the Pyramid of Unas. is the smallest Old Kingdom pyramid, but it is significant because it has spells for the king's afterlife incised into the walls of its underground chambers, known as Pyramid Texts. The tradition of funerary texts was first inscribed in the pyramid of Unas, and it continued through the end of the Old Kingdom and into the Middle Kingdom through the Coffin Texts, which served as the foundation for the Book of the Dead.
After that, you will visit the tomb of Idut, It is among the most significant tombs in the place. Its owner was a princess from the Royal Family who lived from the end of the Fifth Dynasty to the beginning of the Sixth. The tomb is renowned for its charming scenes that are distinguished by their beautiful various colors and vividly depict the making of offerings and other daily activities.
the Tite Pyramid in Saqqara will be your next stop. The second known pyramid with writings from other pyramids is this one. During excavations, a satellite pyramid, two queen pyramids with related cult structures, and a funerary temple have all been found.
You will also go to the Mereruka tomb. The Mereruka mastaba is the largest and most elaborate of all the Saqqara non-royal tombs, with a total of 33 rooms or chambers.
In addition, you will visit the Serapeum at Saqqara to see the revered Apis bulls that were buried there and were associated with the god Ptah, whose cult center was in Memphis. The Serapeum, which is accessible through a sphinx-lined avenue and has two long corridors where the bulls' mummified remains once stood, is located. The tomb was utilized throughout Amenhotep III's New Kingdom reign and into the Ptolemaic Period.
Finally, you will visit Imhotep Museum to know more about the history of ancient Egyptian people.
In the end, the tour leader will back you to the hotel in Cairo.