Luxor Trip Overview
At 7:00 am Pickup from your Hotel or Nile Cruise in Luxor by Emo Tours Licensed Tour guide then you will be transferred by Private A/C Vehicle to Abydos city Drive north from Luxor for a day to see two of the most complete temples in Egypt.
Abydos Temple is dedicated to the Ancient Egyptian god of the underworld.
Arrival Abydos Start your day Tour discovering the ancient sites. First, visit Abydos Temple. Temple of Hathor at Dendara may be the best preserved in Egypt with full color still visible on its walls Temple around 135 km from Luxor , the ancient Egyptian believed of god (Lord of the underworld) to be buried there. The temple was built by King Seti I, and completed by King Ramsess II, known as temple of Seti I.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
At 7:00 am Pickup from your Hotel or Nile Cruise in Luxor by Emo Tours Licensed Tour guide then you will be transferred by Private A/C Vehicle to Abydos city Drive north from Luxor for a day to see two of the most complete temples in Egypt.
Abydos Temple is dedicated to the Ancient Egyptian god of the underworld.
Arrival Abydos Start your day Tour discovering the ancient sites. First, visit Abydos Temple. Temple of Hathor at Dendara may be the best preserved in Egypt with full color still visible on its walls Temple around 135 km from Luxor , the ancient Egyptian believed of god (Lord of the underworld) to be buried there. The temple was built by King Seti I, and completed by King Ramsess II, known as temple of Seti I.
Stop At: Abydos, Abydos, Sohag Governorate, Nile River Valley
Abydos ( hieroglyphic : ” Ab-b-djo “) is a city in western Balina, Sohag, which was one of the ancient cities in Upper Egypt . Most archaeologists agree that it was the first capital of Egypt at the end of the pre-dynastic era and the first four dynasties, dating back 5,000 years. It is located between Assiut and Luxor near Qena . It was a holy city called tennis by the Greeks . Currently, it is called Al- Araba Al-Madfuna (Al-Balina), and it is about 11 kilometers from the Nile . It includes the Temple of Seti the First and the Temple of Ramses IIThey are distinguished by bas-relief ancient Egyptian inscriptions. This city was the main center of the worship of the god Osiris
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Dendera Temple Complex, Dendera Egypt
Dendera Temple complex (Ancient Egyptian: Iunet or Tantere; the 19th-century English spelling in most sources, including Belzoni, was Tentyra; also spelled Denderah[1]) is located about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It is one of the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt. The area was used as the sixth nome of Upper Egypt, south of Abydos.
The whole complex covers some 40,000 square meters and is surrounded by a hefty mudbrick enclosed wall. Dendera was inhabited in prehistory, a useful oasis on the banks of the Nile. It seems that pharaoh Pepi I (ca. 2250 BC) built on this site and evidence exists of a temple in the Eighteenth Dynasty (ca 1500 BC). The earliest extant building in the compound today is the mammisi raised by Nectanebo II – last of the native pharaohs (360–343 BC). The features in the complex include:
Duration: 3 hours
