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The Cairo Top Tours representative will be waiting for you at your hotel in Cairo or Giza to take you in a private air-conditioned car to accompany you on your tour.
Your day begins with a visit to Memphis, which is located near the modern town of Mit Rahina, near Cairo. Memphis was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. Believed to have been founded by Mina, the first legendary king in 3100 BC, the ancient city of Mina was the capital during the Early Period (about 3100-2686 BC) and the Old Kingdom (about 2668-2121 BC) and continued to be one of the most important cities for more than three thousand years of ancient Egyptian history. Memphis was the center of worship of the god Ptah, whose temple was one of the most important places in all of ancient Egypt. It was so important that the origin of the word “Egypt”, derived from the Greek word “Aigyptos”, comes from the name of the ancient temple “Hut Ka Ptah”, which means the temple of the “spirit of the god Ptah”.
We will continue our excursion by visiting Dahshur in the southern part of the cemetery of Manaf, which was the capital of ancient Egypt, and the pyramids of the kings of the Old and Middle Kingdom were built on this hill, and the first king of the Fourth Dynasty, King Sneferu, chose the rocky plateau of Dahshur to build his first pyramid, competing with the pyramid of King Djoser in Saqqara. Saqqara The stepped pyramid of King Djoser is one of the most famous monuments in Egypt, and constitutes an important historical turning point in ancient Egyptian funerary monuments, as it is considered a revolution in stone architecture and royal burial, in addition to its huge size, it is the first pyramid built by the ancient Egyptians and the oldest known stone construction
After finishing your half-day tour exploring Cairo, our representative will take you back to your hotel.
