sands marsa alamDendera and Abydos Day tour
11th Dec 2024

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Get pleasure from A non-public day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to go to the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of affection,Tunes and Healing then travel to Abydos to go to the temple of Osiris,Abydos was considered one of A very powerful spiritual web sites to ancient Egyptians. Very like fashionable Muslims hope to accomplish a pilgrimage to Mecca at least as soon as in their lifetime, historic Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly related to the doorway into your afterlife.

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Pick up time from your lodge in Marsa Alam
Pick up time from your lodge in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam excursions tour guidebook, Then Drive to Dendera temple
The space 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga 60 K.m
Safaga -Dendera a hundred and sixty
That has a break in the desert
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Pay a visit to Dendera temple
Arrive at Dendera at 08: thirty, You'll be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guide, He'll clarify the heritage from the temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was mostly built during the Late Ptolemaic period of time, particularly over the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later additions ended up produced over the Roman period. While constructed by a dynasty of rulers who weren't indigenous Egyptians themselves, the design of the temple has been located to be in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, except the entrance from the hypostyle hall, which, In line with an inscription higher than the doorway, was built with the Emperor Tiberius.
In addition to these, You can also find scenes in the temple complicated portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. By way of example, carved on to the external confront of one of several temple walls is a huge relief of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (much better called Caesarion). The two Ptolemaic rulers are proven dressed in Egyptian garb, and giving sacrifices.
Hathor was also considered a goddess of healing, and this is evident within the presence of the sanatorium during the temple complex. Here, pilgrims would arrive at be cured via the goddess. Sacred drinking water (which was manufactured holy by possessing it poured onto statues inscribed with sacred texts) was utilized for bathing, unguents have been dispensed with the priests of Hathor, and sleeping quarters had been offered for anyone hoping that the goddess would appear in their desires, and so aid them.
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Push to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Viewed as considered one of A very powerful archaeological internet sites of Ancient Egypt, the sacred town of Abydos was the positioning of numerous historical temples, including Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis where by early pharaohs ended up entombed. These tombs began to be found as incredibly substantial burials As well as in later situations it grew to become attractive to get buried in the region, resulting in The expansion in the city’s significance to be a cult web site.
Today, Abydos is notable with the memorial temple of Seti I, which includes an inscription within the nineteenth dynasty identified to the trendy globe as being the Abydos King List. It's a chronological listing showing cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until finally Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The nice Temple and the majority of the ancient town are buried underneath the trendy buildings for the north with the Seti temple. Most of the original structures along with the artifacts in them are thought of irretrievable and lost; numerous could are ruined by The brand new design.
Abyos temple Found about two.five hrs by car or truck north of Luxor , Abydos was one of The most crucial religious websites to historic Egyptians. Very like fashionable Muslims hope to accomplish a pilgrimage to Mecca not less than at the time of their life time, historical Egyptians would have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly affiliated with the doorway in the afterlife.
Despite the fact that there were a number of temples built here, the most important and most important is called the Temple of Seti I. Seti I was The daddy of The good Ramesses II, who really done the construction of the majority of the temple after his father’s Dying.
Coming to electrical power only thirty a long time after the upheaval connected to Akhenaten’s heretical rule, called the Amarna Period, Seti I used to be concerned with reestablishing faith in the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten had sought to destroy.Due to this fact, the temple he constructed has tiny chapels devoted to Every single of the major gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, and in addition a person to Seti himself.Considerably of the temple intricate is now not present, including the pylon and the main two courtyards so site visitors to enter by way of a doorway in the hypostyle corridor. Many of the wall reliefs within are very well preserved as well as reliefs toward the back on the temple, done throughout Seti’s reign, are looked upon as among the the best in almost any temple all through Egypt.Considering that Abydos is tougher to succeed in than many web sites, It's not at all incredibly heavily frequented. Occasionally tour buses come from the beach resorts or with loads of cruise ship passengers from the Red Sea, however it you time your pay a visit to effectively, you could possibly find yourself With all the temple elaborate to by yourself.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Take pleasure in Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Back towards your lodge
Push back again to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Private tour
Non-public tour guideline
Entrance costs
Lunch
Exclusions:
Supper
Tipping
Make sure you make sure to provide:
Passports
Sunglasses
Starting From a hundred forty five $

The temple of Hathor
The Temple of Abydos
The Mysterious Cryptic
see Cleopatra Cleopatra VII
The King listing
The Flower of Daily life
the Egyptian Calendar
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Totally free cancellation up to 24 several hours ahead of exercise begins

Period:

1 Working day

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Personal

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Daily

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