Have a nice breakfast at the hotel then you will be ready to meet your personal authorized tour guide at the hotel lobby to start your tour to the Giza pyramids. The Egyptologist guide will give you a historical introduction to Egypt on the way to the Giza Necropolis. When you arrive at the Giza plateau you will stand on the foot of the Great Pyramid of King Cheops which was built by the king during his reign 4500 years ago thanks to the prosperity Egypt achieved during that era, which is known as the golden era or the Pyramids building period that was characterized by gigantic structures built for the kings and rulers of Egypt to serve as burial tombs and also played a major role in enduring the pharaoh's name throughout history.
From here, you will proceed to the higher plateau where you will see the second pyramid of King Chephren and you will have a scenic view of the whole Giza plateau including the pyramid of King Mycerinus with the 3 adjacent pyramidions for the burial of the queens while having a great opportunity for a camel riding tour in Giza Pyramids (optional excursion) and your Bedouin guide will capture breathtaking photos for you while holding the pyramid between your hands.
Continue now your Giza Pyramids tour by visiting the Valley Temple where the mummification process of the king took place as part of the funerary rituals, facing the temple, you will see the famous figure of a man-headed lion known worldwide as the Great Sphinx which stood for centuries as a guardian for the whole necropolis, the idea of sphinxes in ancient Egypt is to symbolize that the pharaoh king has both authority and wisdom over the kingdom of upper and lower Egypt, and it continued by many pharaohs not only for this biggest sphinx in Giza which was thought to be carved for King Chephren himself.
Your Cairo day tours will be resumed as you will see the biggest collection of Egyptian antiquities inside the Egyptian Museum in the heart of Cairo downtown, the building itself is considered a monument for being built more than 200 years ago, and you will witness an amazing mixture of artifacts that date back to different epochs from the predynastic period passing by the early times during the old kingdom, the middle kingdom and the new kingdom which is characterized by the presence of the most famous pharaohs like King Ramses II, Tutankhamen, and Queen Hatshepsut. But the most interesting among the displays are those that were found in the early 1900s for the golden king Tutankhamun. The golden collection includes a huge sarcophagus, chairs, jewelry, and the golden mask of the child king.
Have an informative Coptic Cairo tour afterward, you will be transferred by your private vehicle to the area known as Old Cairo where you'll see the most ancient churches in the history of Christianity. The area was mostly built on the ruins of the Roman fortress of Babylon, some spots were blessed by the residents of the Holy family like the Hanging Church of the Holy Virgin Mary, which is suspended on two towers of the fortress, along with the Church of Saint Sergius, and the Synagogue of Ben Ezra, where it is believed that the basket of Prophet Moses was taken from, the Synagogue once was a Christian church but Ben Ezra bought it after the Christians offered it for sale as a result of the heavy taxes they were suffering from. Enjoy your lunch in a good quality restaurant during or after you finish your Cairo trip.
Then you will be transferred back to your hotel or if you would like to book one of our night excursions in Cairo like the Cairo by-night tour of an entertaining Nile cruise dinner in Cairo for 2 hours.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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