akassia marsa alamDendera and Abydos Day tour
11th Dec 2024

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Appreciate A non-public day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to Visit the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of affection,Tunes and Healing then vacation to Abydos to visit the temple of Osiris,Abydos was certainly one of The main spiritual internet sites to historic Egyptians. Much like fashionable Muslims hope to complete a pilgrimage to Mecca not less than after of their life span, ancient Egyptians would have hopes to go to Abydos, which for them was strongly connected with the entrance in the afterlife.

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Pick up time out of your resort in Marsa Alam
Pick up time from your lodge in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam excursions tour tutorial, Then Travel to Dendera temple
The gap 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga 60 K.m
Safaga -Dendera 160
Having a crack during the desert
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Pay a visit to Dendera temple
Get there at Dendera at 08: thirty, You're going to be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guideline, He'll demonstrate the historical past on the temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was largely manufactured throughout the Late Ptolemaic period, precisely over the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later additions ended up produced in the Roman time period. While constructed by a dynasty of rulers who were not native Egyptians themselves, the design of the temple continues to be observed to be in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, aside from the entrance of the hypostyle corridor, which, according to an inscription over the entrance, was constructed from the Emperor Tiberius.
Apart from these, In addition there are scenes from the temple advanced portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. Such as, carved onto the exterior confront of one of many temple partitions is a big reduction of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (better often known as Caesarion). The 2 Ptolemaic rulers are shown dressed in Egyptian garb, and presenting sacrifices.
Hathor was also considered to be a goddess of healing, which is evident inside the presence of a sanatorium during the temple complex. Listed here, pilgrims would arrive at be cured via the goddess. Sacred h2o (which was made holy by owning it poured on to statues inscribed with sacred texts) was employed for bathing, unguents ended up dispensed via the monks of Hathor, and sleeping quarters ended up delivered for people hoping the goddess would appear of their desires, and so aid them.
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Push to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Regarded one among A very powerful archaeological internet sites of Ancient Egypt, the sacred metropolis of Abydos was the site of many historical temples, which includes Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis where early pharaohs have been entombed. These tombs started to be seen as particularly substantial burials and in later moments it turned desirable for being buried in the area, resulting in The expansion from the city’s significance to be a cult web site.
Nowadays, Abydos is notable for your memorial temple of Seti I, which is made up of an inscription with the nineteenth dynasty regarded to the fashionable entire world since the Abydos King Checklist. It is a chronological record displaying cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until finally Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The nice Temple and the vast majority of historical city are buried below the trendy properties on the north from the Seti temple. Most of the first buildings as well as the artifacts within them are deemed irretrievable and lost; many may possibly happen to be destroyed by The brand new design.
Abyos temple Found about two.5 hours by auto north of Luxor , Abydos was amongst The most crucial spiritual sites to historic Egyptians. Very similar to present day Muslims hope to complete a pilgrimage to Mecca at the very least when within their life span, historical Egyptians would've hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly related to the doorway in to the afterlife.
Even though there have been a number of temples manufactured below, the largest and most significant is referred to as the Temple of Seti I. Seti I was the father of The good Ramesses II, who basically finished the construction of the majority of the temple soon after his father’s Dying.
Coming to electrical power only 30 several years following the upheaval associated with Akhenaten’s heretical rule, generally known as the Amarna Time period, Seti I used to be concerned with reestablishing religion from the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten had sought to ruin.Therefore, the temple he created is made up of tiny chapels focused on each of the major gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, in addition to just one to Seti himself.Considerably from the temple complex is not current, such as the pylon and the first two courtyards so visitors to enter through a doorway in the hypostyle corridor. Many of the wall reliefs inside of are very well preserved plus the reliefs towards the again in the temple, finished through Seti’s reign, are regarded as being among the the finest in almost any temple during Egypt.Due to the fact Abydos is more challenging to succeed in than a lot of sites, It's not very heavily frequented. Sometimes tour buses originate from the Beach front resorts or with loads of cruise ship passengers from the Red Sea, nonetheless it you time your pay a visit to effectively, you could possibly find yourself While using the temple sophisticated to on your own.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Appreciate Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Again towards your hotel
Drive back to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Non-public tour
Non-public tour guide
Entrance costs
Lunch
Exclusions:
Dinner
Tipping
Please make sure to deliver:
Passports
Sunglasses
Starting From 145 $

The temple of Hathor
The Temple of Abydos
The Mysterious Cryptic
see Cleopatra Cleopatra VII
The King record
The Flower of Life
the Egyptian Calendar
* Loved ones And Team Use a Specific cost

Totally free cancellation nearly 24 hours ahead of exercise starts

Duration:

1 Day

variety:

Non-public

Operate:

Daily

Get:

05:00

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