July 23, 2024
Sunset on the Nile: Exploring Cairo on a Felucca Tour
Sail down the Nile River in Cairo on board a traditional felucca for a magical journey with Happy Eg...
Full-day Cairo tour to the oldest pyramids in history: the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the Great Pyramids and Giza Sphinx, and the Open-Air Museum of Memphis, the first capital of unified Egypt.
Happy Egypt will offer you the most beautiful tourist attractions of Cairo, which will somehow mesmerize you when you are on your Egypt tours.
As the sun starts to rise, we drive to behold the Pyramids of Giza on your day tour from Cairo. Gaze at the Great Pyramid of Khufu, magnificently grand, admire the enigmatic mystery of the Sphinx, and view the fine details of the Pyramid of Menkaure. Our guides have waxed poetic about these stones for centuries, as they tell stories from beyond the years.
Your guide will meet you at your hotel’s reception to commence your Egypt tour to begin your Cairo tour
The Giza pyramids:
The Giza plateau is in the vast desert, the land of the dead. Guarded by the Great Pyramids and Sphinx, the plateau is dominated by the massive pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. To the south of the Great Sphinx lies the cemetery and Town of the pyramid Builders.
The pyramids are indeed remarkable feats of engineering. But the question is
Why were the pyramids constructed?
The pyramids were constructed in the 4th dynasty, but Giza remained important through the New Kingdom and the 3rd intermediate period.
There are so many theories about the techniques of the construction of the pyramids.
Notes: Tickets for entry inside the pyramids aren’t included.
Saqqara:
Saqqara lies on the west bank of the Nile. It is a very vast burial ground was served as the cemetery of Memphis, the first capital of Egypt. It includes the famous step pyramid of Djoser and some other mastabas.
The step pyramid complex is the oldest stone structure in history.
Some pyramids were built at Saqqara by the kings of the 5th and 6th dynasties, such as Userkaf, Unas, Pepi I, and Pepi II.
Some private tombs of the Old Kingdom were built there. The best-known tombs are those of Ti, Kagemni, Ptah Hotep, and Meruruka. Know more about this through Cairo attraction.
Memphis:
Memphis was the 1st capital of ancient Egypt. The city was founded by king Menes from the 1st dynasty. It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the Nile Delta.
The famous god Ptah was highly worshipped in Memphis. From the name of Ptah’s temple there ( hit- ka- Ptah ), the Greek name of Egypt ( Aigyptos ) ( Ai- gy- ptos ) was derived.
In Memphis, the first united government of Egypt was established in 2925 BC, under the authority of King Menes, the 1st king of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Memphis is the Greek name of the Egyptian name (min–nfr), today it is called Mit Rahina.
In this tour, you will visit the open-air museum of Memphis, which, amongst other artifacts, exhibits a colossus of Ramses II.
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Apart from the Giza Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum, Cairo contains for instance the Baron Empain Palace, the Cairo Opera House, and the Saint Simon Monastery which is usually included in tour packages to Cairo. After that, visitors can also see the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, the Al-Azhar Mosque, and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization which are quite important to the rich history and culture that the city presents.
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