Visiting Egypt must bring you the best landmark in Egypt, Giza Sphinx. This is the most popular one that you shouldn’t miss. There are a lot of things to learn here, but also the tour packages will bring you to other places as well. Affordable price study tour packages to Giza Sphinx
Besides roaming in the Giza area, a study tour in Egypt must consider the area in the Red Sea Governorate near the Nile. Those ancient sites are good to explore, from the history to the collection in it. Check out what you can do during your visit with this special package.
Archaeological Break Tour Packages
This tour package is perfect for study tours, whether it’s for students or adults. By spending $555, this affordable price study tour packages to Giza Sphinx will bring you to other places as well. Here is the list of places to visit in this package.
1. Giza Sphinx
The landmark of Egypt is Giza Sphinx. It’s a giant statue from limestone in Giza, one of the big towns in Egypt. Archaeologists say that this statue was built in 2575 BCE and becomes the proof of civilization which happened in Egypt. This place is great choice for historical study tour.
Giza Sphinx is a landmark with a lion body and the head of a human. It’s a single limestone that formed into a statue which is believably made by more than hundreds workers in three years. This is a must-visit place if you’re coming to Egypt and this tour package has included this place.
2. Great pyramids of Cheops
The Great Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu is the pyramid behind the Sphinx. It is the biggest one in Egypt. It’s 455 feet tall and was completed in 2560 BC. It is a proof of the second Pharaoh era who led the Old Kingdom in Egypt. Other pyramids were taking examples from this one.
Back then, these pyramids were a sign that the Kingdom had good financial and economic stable. They paid the laborers well to build the pyramids. As the most ancient building in the world, it’s interesting to have a chance to take a look at these pyramids during a trip in Giza.
3. Egyptian Museum
Another place that you should visit is Egyptian Museum. It’s included in the package for study purpose. This museum is not the oldest in the world, yet the collection is amazing for historical studies. It is a home for more than thousands artifacts of Egypt.
In the museum, visitors are welcomed to visit a lot of parts of the museum, even the mask of Tutankhamun. There are a lot of statues as well, such as the ones during Ramses II era. Most stuff in this museum is only Egyptian historical stuff from before the Christ era.
4. Karnak Temple
Karnak Temple is one of the must-visit tourist destinations in Egypt. It’s in the Luxor area, Red Sea Governorate or Southern Egypt. This building is very ancient and completed in 2055 BC. This temple is a proof of civilization because it forms a small village in this area.
After that, this temple becomes a center of ancient faith. Religious reasons make people from time to time treasure this place a lot. It’s a very enormous temple and used to be a place for Pharaoh. You can study about the history and also construction by visiting this temple.
5. Luxor Temple
Luxor temple is different from Karnak temple. It’s not for religious purposes but for adoring the king. The kingship is always replaceable, but Luxor temple was the biggest place for the kings to stay. However, those kings were considered Gods in Egypt back then.
The Luxor temple is not as big as Karnak temple. However, the building is similar to the monuments. Until now, the temple is another landmark for the Red Sea Governorate. You can study about the architecture of ancient Egypt through this temple.
6. Valley of The Kings
This site used to be a burial chamber, but now it has become a tourist attraction. It was unknown until 1922, the discovery of this place happened. It’s a building that the Kingdom believes in afterlife. It becomes a gate between two lives of human beings in the Kingdom.
Although the restoration is still happening that the place sometimes is closed, you can visit this Valley of The Kings even though only to see the area outside. The large area has several staircases and a small building in a cave that allows visitors to get in.
7. Temple of The Queen Hatshepsut
Though the name is a temple, the site was a monastery. Its other name is Deir el-Bahri. Back then, this place is a home for a Christian monks. The complex has ancient Egypt style with a lot of statues around the building. Hatshepsut is the wife of Thutmose II.
What’s worth from the visit of this place is the decoration and construction. It has a distinctive part from other temples in Egypt. All parts of the temple are limestone. That’s why the archaeologists believe that this place existed in the Middle Kingdom era, about 2000 BC.
8. Colossi of Memnon
Colossi of Memnon is a site in Luxor of the West Bank. It has two big statues and looks majestic. Tourists come here before dawn because there will be blowing sounds. Some people believe that the blowing sounds come from one of the statues.
Because of the mysterious sound that becomes a public secret, it gains popularity especially among foreigners. Strolling around the area in the morning becomes a favorite activity among the tourists, even the locals. Menmon itself is the name of a hero from the Trojan war.
9. Saladin Citadel
Saladin Citadel is a castle in Cairo and has become a World Heritage Site. It’s interesting to visit this place because it brings you to study of modern history of Islamic modern. There are three mosques and three museums here as a home for old manuscripts.
This affordable price study tour packages to Giza Sphinx is one of Exodus Travel packages. Enjoy your trip by booking this tour program.
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