Guided Tours of Wondrous Egypt

Who hasn抰 wanted to see the wondrous archeological sites and amazing artifacts to be found in Egypt梐 land perfectly laid

out for archeology buffs? Now, guided tours of Egypt and all its splendor are available for travelers from all over the

world to visit and explore. Let抯 take a look at what many guided tours have to offer.

Most guided tours of Egypt begin in Cairo, where Egypt抯 largest airport and biggest city are waiting to greet you. While

in Egypt, your guide may take you to the famous Egyptian Museum, where the treasures of Tutankhamen and other ancient

artifacts are available for viewing. You may take a drive to Old Cairo, the area where ancient Christians and Jews lived

within the city. Have fun shopping at the colorful Khan El Khalili Bazaar and don抰 forget to bargain.

One of the most beautiful sites on guided tours of Egypt is a visit to the pyramids and the great Sphinx of Giza, a five

thousand year-old monument. After taking as many pictures as you can, visit the nearby Solar Boat Museum and continue on

to the ancient city of Memphis, the first capital city of United Upper and Lower Egypt, and see Sakkara, the site of the

Step Pyramid of Zoser.

Longer guided tours of Egypt will fly you out of the area to Sharm El Sheikh, a city on the sea with lovely beaches, pure

white sands and a chance to go diving in the Ras Mohammed Underwater Nature Reserve. Another option is a walking tour to

visit a Bedouin camp in the desert. Other visits include the St. Catherine Monastery or night tours of Mount Sinai, where

you can watch a gorgeous sunrise and visit the monastery located there.

Next, some guided tours will take you on a flight to Luxor where you抣l take a fabulous cruise ship for an unforgettable

experience on the Nile River. Cruise trips typically last five days and four nights. You抣l visit the Luxor Temple that

was originally dedicated to the God Amon-Ra. Karnak Temple is nearby as well.

Guided tours of the area will have you continue on your cruise ship and will take you to the famous Valley of the Kings and

Queens, where you can see the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and numerous other archeological findings. The cruise

ship will be sailing upstream and will take you up to Edfu where you can visit the Edfu Temple, a famous part of Egyptian

architecture.

Still on the cruise ship the next day, guided tours of the Nile will stop off at the Temple of Kom Ombo, another Egyptian

archeological find and to the Nilometer, an amazing site built by the pharaohs of Egypt that was built to measure the height

of the waters of the Nile River.

Next, guided tours along the Nile River will show you the amazing and famous Aswan High Dam, as well as the Philae Temple

and the huge unfinished obelisk in the nearby granite quarry. At this point, your cruise ship adventure is complete and

you抣l fly back to the city of Cairo.

Guided tours of Egypt, especially if they are comprehensive, will show you dozens of amazing archeological sites and will

teach you the history of this fascinating part of the world. You抣l see hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts and you抣l

come away with a new appreciation of how the Ancient Egyptians lived and built their monuments.

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Eid in Egypt- Where to Travel this Eid Holiday

With Egypt celebrating the end of Ramadan and the five-day Eid feast, now is a great opportunity to pack your bags and travel around the vast country. Egypt offers something for everyone from the North Coast beaches to the Southern Nile-side hotels of Luxor and Aswan.

Free Infomation on The Pyramids of Giza

The most famous Egyptian pyramids to be built are the Great Pyramids of Giza, located in the outskirts of present-day Cairo. There are over 100 Egyptian pyramids of various sizes, and over 50 more in neighboring Sudan. However, the three Great Pyramids of Giza earn their fame by being the largest of these.
In the most popular pictures of the Pyramids of Giza, like the one shown below, the middle pyramid, that of Khafre (Chephren), appears larger due to the angle and because it was built on higher ground. The largest pyramid is actually the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the one on the left.

The Great Pyramid of Khufu
Contrary to popular belief, not all the Great Pyramids of Giza are considered part of the Seven Wonders of the World. Only the largest, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, is a member, and is the only one of the Seven Wonders that still stands. Egypt was also home to another of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was destroyed long ago.
The Pyramid of Khufu has a height of 145 m (475 ft) and a base area of 52,400 sqm (562,500 sqft). That area is large enough to fit over 20 Olympic-size swimming pools! And for thousands of years, until the rise of modern-day skyscrapers, the pyramid was the tallest building in the world.

What makes the pyramid an architectural triumph and one of the Seven Wonders of the World is the fact that the rocks used in its construction each way more than 2 tons. And there are more than 2 million of those rocks.
Greek travelers to ancient Giza wrote that it took a hundred thousand slaves 20 years to construct the pyramid. However, since they visited Egypt more than 2 thousand years after the Egyptian pyramids were built, the truth of their accounts are suspect. Modern engineers estimate that it would likely take less people and less time to build the pyramid using technology that was available at that time.

Treasures of the Pharaoh
The Pyramid of Khufu was built by the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) in the 4th Dynasty circa 2560 BC, making it over 4500 years old! It is widely accepted that the pyramid was built to bury Pharaoh Khufu when he died. However, many other conspiracy theories abound as to why the pyramids were built, ranging from astronomical observatories to alien artifacts.
Since Egyptian Pharaohs were noted for being buried with their great treasure, Arab conquerors attempted to gain entrance into the Pyramid of Khufu in order to plunder it.
They managed to find a few narrow passages that led both up into the center of the pyramid, and down beneath the massive structure. However, all they managed to find at the end of these passages were empty chambers. No mummies or treasure was found in the pyramid.
During the Arabs' excavation of the Pyramid of Khufu, they encountered various boulders and slabs that were used to seal the passages and chambers within the pyramid. They also found hidden doors. This probably fueled the many myths about the Egyptian pyramids being booby-trapped, and where a grave robber who managed to get in would never get out alive.
A 17th century Englishman managed to uncover another shaft connecting the passages, but still no treasure was to be found.

Two conclusions can be derived from this. One, ancient tomb raiders have long since plundered all the treasure from the pyramid, leaving behind nothing but a few empty chambers. Or two, Khufu's mummy and treasure is still cleverly hidden within (or beneath) the Great Pyramid.

Holidays With Mummy

If you're looking for a winter holiday with a difference, why not consider the Egyptian city of Luxor? Once known as Thebes, the capital of Ancient Egypt, Luxor is one of the most popular and well-known of all the Egyptian destinations, and with good reason.

The City of Luxor comprises of many museums and temples relating to Egypt's fascinating history; the Mummification Museum takes the morbidly curious through the whole process of mummification from receiving the bodies, retaining the organs in canopic jars to interring them in the often lavish, complex tombs underneath the symbolic pyramids. Welcoming the visitors to this one-room museum is the fittingly placed statue of the jackal-headed god Anubis, who once led the souls of the dead to the Underworld

The Luxor Museum, also within the main city, focuses more on the artwork of Ancient Egypt rather than the burial customs, and features a small but impressive collection of artefacts, statues and sculptures dating from the Predynastic Period (5500 - 3100 BC) right through to the Islamic era (622 AD). Exquisitely carved granite portraits of Ancient Egyptian royal figures such as Amenhotep, Rameses and Tutankhamun are displayed in low-lit, peaceful surroundings - the perfect place to spend an afternoon away from the hot Luxor sun.

Heading north brings you to Karnak, and the spectacular temple complex built over a period of around 1500 years. Karnak was the centre of the Egyptian religion, and was the most important place of worship in the ancient kingdom. The temple complex of Karnak measures 1500 x 800 metres, and is thought to be the largest of its type in the world.

But for a real taste of ancient Egypt, head west to Thebes, also known as the West Bank. Here you can visit and explore actual burial tombs, and see the surroundings in which Pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti II and several generations of Rameses chose to be eternally preserved. There are three areas to the Theban necropolis; the well-known Valley of the Kings housing the Pharaohs, the Valley of the Queens which contains the mummies of Egyptian Queens and their children, and a separate area for tombs of Egyptian noblemen and women.