Day Tour To Giza Pyramids, Memphis City, Dahshur And Sakkara

Our guide will pick up you from your hotel, to enjoy a great excursion to The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, which dates back to the time of Chephren and visit to the Valley Temple.
Move to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty for King zoser the twenty seven century BC. Then Proceed to have your lunch at local restaurant. After that transfer to Memphis which was founded by King Menes, and was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it was considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years the first capital of Egypt, and see the Statue of Ramses II and the alabaster Sphinx of Memphis the second big Sphinx in Egypt. And then visit Dahshur pyramids an ancient royal necropolis, located approximately 40 kilometers south of Cairo – the pyramids were built from 2613 – 2589 BC. The Bent pyramid is the most famous of the pyramids in the area.

The great pyramid of king Khufu is one of the wonders of the world. It was the highest building in the world till the building of Eiffel tower in France in the nineteenth century. This pyramid was built to be the tomb of the king Khufu in the 26th century BC.
It is about 149 meters high and consisted of 2.3 millions blocks which weigh between 2 and 15 tons each. It is about 6 millions tons of limestone.

The pyramid of king Khafra is the second big pyramid in Egypt.
It dates back to the 26th century BC. It was built to be the tomb for the king Khafra. It looks higher than the great pyramid because it was built in a high ground lever, it is about 10 meters high than the ground level of the Great pyramid of king Khufu.

Menkawra is one of the nine pyramids of Giza plateau.
This pyramid is unique in it’s casing of the granite stone which makes it different. It is about 66 meters high. Menkawra was the grandson of the king Khufu.

Here is the panoramic view area where you will take some unforgettable photos including some trick ones. There is an opportunity to ride camel if you are interested in that.

The Sphinx is the biggest statue in Egypt which was carved out of one hill.
This statue is about 73 meters long, 20 meters high and 15 meters wide. This wonderful statue belongs to the king Khafra and it dates back to the 26th century BC.

The Step pyramid of king Zoser is the first pyramid built in Egypt. It dates back to the 27th century BC.
It consists of six steps and it is 62 meters high.
Imhotep built it to his King Zoser to be his tomb.
The step pyramid was the first evolution of the royal tomb to be a pyramid after 500 years of being a platform style.

This is one of the wonderful royal tombs which dates back to the 24th century BC. It belongs to the king Teti. It has some magnificent writings of the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. It was built to be a tomb for this king and it has a beautiful rectangular sarcophagus of the basalt stone.

Here is the site of the first capital was built for the united Egyptian empire after king Narmer united the two lands of Egypt, upper Egypt and lower Egypt. Here you can see some remains of the beautiful Egyptian antiquities including the statue of the king Ramses the second and the Sphinx of Memphis.

Ramses the second was one of the great kings of Egypt who ruled Egypt for 67 years. This statue was a part of one of the ancient temples of the city of Memphis which made out of limestone and is one of two statues were found in Memphis the other one was moved to Ramses square in downtown in Cairo then it was moved again to the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

You can see the second big Sphinx in Egypt of Memphis.it dates back to the new kingdom era. It has no inscription on it but we can note that the art features of the sphinx are the same like these of the new kingdom statues.

And then visit Dahshur pyramids an ancient royal necropolis, located approximately 40 kilometers south of Cairo – the pyramids were built from 2613 – 2589 BC. The Bent pyramid is the most famous of the pyramids in the area.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• The entrance fees for the inside of the pyramids not included

• Day Tour To Giza Pyramids, Memphis City, Dahshur And Sakkara
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• Air conditioned transportation
• Entrance fees for all the mentioned sites
• A professional Tour Guide and Egyptologist
• All taxes and service charge

• Any extra personal expenses
• Entrance fees for the inside of the pyramids at Giza

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