Depart the USA on an overnight flight.

Our representative will welcome you at the Cairo airport and transfer you to your hotel to enjoy dinner before retiring for the night.

After breakfast, head to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum and home to over 120,000 ancient Egyptian antiquities with a representative amount available on display. Later, visit the Pyramids of Giza, one of the only existing Wonders of the Ancient World, and nearby, see the Great Sphinx of Giza, the largest and most well-known Sphinx.

Following breakfast, take a bus to the administrative and funerary heart of Egypt. Visit Memphis, which was the administrative capital of Egypt through most of its history and was mentioned in the Joseph narrative when he took as his wife the daughter of the “Priest of On (Memphis)” (Gen 41:45). Then, visit the Saqqara and the artistic masterpiece of the Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser and the Pyramid of Unas with the earliest recorded pyramid texts. Then, explore Dahshur with its famous Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid.

Following breakfast, board your flight destined for Aswan. After lunch, visit the unfinished obelisk and the Temples of Philae, where you will visit the Great Temples of Isis and Hathor. Then, visit Elephantine, where you can see the village where the Israelites settled after fleeing Nebuchadnezzar II following the assassination of the puppet governor, Gedaliah. At Elephantine, you will see the remnants of the Israelite village and the vestige of one of the few Temples of Yahweh that were ever made. You will stay the night at Aswan and have the opportunity to take in the amazing sights, sounds, and smells of the night market.

This morning, board a bus and travel to Karnak. In the afternoon, visit the Karnak Temple, which was built over 2000 years ago and is the largest religious building ever constructed. Also, see the famed Hypostyle Hall, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III, the temple of Amun, the Granite Scarabeus and, the Sacred Lake. Then, visit the magnificent Temple of Luxor with its avenue of sphinx statues and mighty monumental columns. After dinner, visit the Luxor Museum and the Luxor Souk to take in the city’s local ambiance.

In Luxor, cross the river to visit the vast burial city called the Necropolis of Thebes, located on the West Bank of the Nile. Your visit will take you to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, the Ramesseum, and the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, where much of the symbolism from the Bible comes together.

This morning, visit the magnificent Valley of the Kings, the nearby Valley of the Queens, and the Tombs of Nobles. See the elaborately decorated tombs of the Kings of the 18th and 19th dynasties and learn how the tombs of the Nobles relate to our understanding of the Biblical narrative.

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