You will have your first delicious breakfast in Egypt at your beautiful hotel, and then you will meet your tour guide in the hotel lobby to start your enjoyable tour. You will start by visiting one of the most important archaeological landmarks that was and still is the greatest architectural and engineering mystery that has baffled scientists until now. One of the most important recent discoveries that was reached after in-depth research by Akio Kato from the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Kanagawa University in Japan is that the pyramids have succeeded in deceiving the eyes of humans for thousands of years, that they have eight faces, not just four, and that they are concave from the top, by using the latest technology to see the pyramids from above.
You will also see the Sphinx statue, for which the University of Florida mission conducted a detailed examination of the statue, the surrounding area, and the pyramid plateau and confirmed that there are rooms and chambers underground in front of the Sphinx. The Australian explorer Robert Ballard announced that he believed that the pyramids were built above a complex of tunnels and passages under the Sphinx, and it is believed that the stones used in building the pyramids were taken from these passages and chambers. You will visit the Valley of the Temple dedicated to King Khafre, which is a temple built of extremely hard granite, connected to the pyramid by a bridge. Inside it are several impressive statues of King Khafre, knowing that these statues are built of diorite stones that were brought from a distant quarry in the Nubian desert.
You will visit the dazzling Saqqara, which the famous archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass said was the cemetery of the capital Memphis is considered an open book that tells the story of ancient Egyptian civilization through different eras. It is the only cemetery in Egypt and the world that includes tombs from the beginning of Egyptian history until its end, and it also has antiquities from the Greek and Roman eras, as well as tombs full of beautiful and unique colored engravings and views, such as the amazing tombs of the nobles. You will also see the Step Pyramid of Djoser, which contains the burial chamber, which was built of granite stones. The burial chamber is surrounded by 4 corridors; it is believed that they were dedicated to the king's funerary equipment. Inside the pyramid there are also exhibition halls; they are halls lined with beautiful blue ceramic tiles, and the sacred Apis bulls were buried in them, especially in the Serapeum exhibition hall. You will also visit the Pyramid of Teti, where a series of beautiful and precise inscriptions were engraved on the walls of the burial chamber, many of which are identical to those found in the impressive Pyramid of Unas. These inscriptions were written in smaller letters and signs than those found in the Pyramid of Unas.
You will visit the famous city of Memphis, which has impressed many creators. It was mentioned by Homer, the author of the famous epics Iliad and Odyssey, and the historians Ibn Abd al-Hakam al-Qurashi, al-Yaqubi, and Jamal al-Din al-Afghani immortalized it in their writings. Alexander the Great also made a pilgrimage to it. This city included a collection of palaces, one for King Merneptah and the other for King Apries of the 26th Dynasty. The ruins of the city still include that huge statue carved from pink granite, which is a masterpiece of beauty and sculpture, in addition to a group of standing statues bearing the name of Ramses II. It also includes the largest statue of the Sphinx after the famous Giza statue, which is made of alabaster and dates back to the New Kingdom, in addition to a well-known plaque from the era of King Apries.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
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