You'll be picked up from you hotel to visit Saqqara, a haven of ancient Egyptian mysteries that has been rising in popularity after it's recent discoveries were seen on Netflix. Then, you'll experience two of Dahshur’s main pyramids that were built before the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid. After that, you’ll be amazed in Memphis, the ancient city of Egypt that hosts one of Ramses the Great’s colossal statues. We’ll conclude the day by stopping for lunch before dropping you off at your hotel.
Included in this experience:
A private car that will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel.
Lunch will be provided (excluding drinks).
Entrance fees will be covered.
Tour Guide & Expert Egyptologist (Available languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian & German).
You'll be picked up from you hotel to visit Saqqara, a haven of ancient Egyptian mysteries that has been rising in popularity after it's recent discoveries were seen on Netflix. Then, you'll experience two of Dahshur’s main pyramids that were built before the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid. After that, you’ll be amazed in Memphis, the ancient city of Egypt that hosts one of Ramses the Great’s colossal statues. We’ll conclude the day by stopping for lunch before dropping you off at your hotel.
Included in this experience:
A private car that will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel.
Lunch will be provided (excluding drinks).
Entrance fees will be covered.
Tour Guide & Expert Egyptologist (Available languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian & German).
Located about 40 kilometers southwest of Cairo, the village of Dahshur marks the southern end of the vast pyramid field that begins at Giza. Excavations at Dahshur have revealed the remains of seven pyramids, as well as extensive tomb complexes built for queens and nobility from Memphis up until the 13th Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom. The pyramids of Dahshur were built before Giza and were stepping stones for the eventual construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Bent Pyramid is called a “transitional” pyramid because the angle of its sides changes abruptly approximately one-third of the way up. Archeologists attribute this to an engineering crisis during construction. The architect realized that the steep, 54-degree inclination of its sides would make it structurally unsound. As a result, the rest of the pyramid was completed with only a 43-degree inclination leading it to be called the Bent Pyramid.
“Enduring and Beautiful” was what the name of this ancient city meant during the New Kingdom. It's beauty has remained with it ruins providing the area with an open air museum surrounded by greenery. Though the highlight of this place is a colossal statue of Ramses II that was mysteriously found in the Nile river, the statue is so big that the museum had to be built around it! This is one of the few statues you can actually come up to close enough and it's big enough to clearly see the amount of detail that the Ancient Egyptians put in their craft.
Although not as well-known as the Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara holds more interest to archaeologists than Giza. This is due to the fact it contains burials dating from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom up through the Greek Period of Egyptian history. To this day tombs are being found, with one recently found in 2019 leading to a documentary of the finding to be featured on Netflix. Its most famous Pyramid is Djoser’s Step Pyramid, built in the 27th century BC during the 3rd dynasty rule of Djoser and was the first large large-scale cut-stone structure in the world. Being the first pyramid built in Egypt, it was an important stepping stone in setting the blueprints of developing other Ancient Egyptian pyramids.