Cairo Half-Day Tour to Meidum Archaeological Site

You will be met by our tour guide to start one of our exclusive Egypt Day Tours to enjoy Cairo Half-Day Tour to Meidum, very close to the Giza Necropolis, Tombs of the Nobles at Saqqara, and Dahshur Necropolis.

Your certified Egyptologist will accompany you with an exclusive deluxe vehicle to the area of Meidum where you will see one of the four pyramids built for King Snefru of the fourth dynasty as an attempt to achieve the perfect-shaped pyramid standing in Dahshur and known as the Red Pyramid, but today, you will see a great example of the mastaba pyramids (stepped pyramids) as the one for King Djoser at Saqqara, this pyramid (Meidum) is the first of the Egyptian pyramids to have a funerary at the level of the foundations, with splendid and innovative arched walls. Today, we can only admire the three upper steps, which emerge from the sand and the heaps of ruined stones.

The pyramid of Meidum, built by Pharaoh Snefru, Father of King Cheops, stands alone in a desert corner, near a large number of small mastabas. The pyramid of Meidum, built by Pharaoh Snefru, King Cheops's father, stands alone in a desert corner, near a large number of small mastabas. The pyramid was originally built in the form of a staircase, but during the reign of King Senefru, they tried to change the shape of the pyramid, to become from a step pyramid to an entire pyramid, by filling the distances between the steps with a limestone cover After finishing your Cairo Day Tours you will stop at one of our government-authorized papyrus institutes to have a quick tour about how early examples of papers were discovered by ancient Egyptians at the dawn of history, the thing that helped this ancient civilization to rise and develop soo fast during the time when other civilizations were striving to find the basics for living like food, house, and security.

Transfer back to any preferred location after finishing the tour piramide Meidum.