Day 0, Jan 11, Saturday
If you arrange your international air travel through us, you will travel to New York on your own and join the
group for an overnight flight from New York to Cairo on Egypt Air, departing JFK airport at 6:30 pm.
Day 1, Jan 12, Sunday
Upon your
arrival in Cairo you will be met by a Museum Tours representative, who will assist with your checked luggage. Our private bus will
then take us through Cairo and across the Nile river to the five-star hotel, Mena House, located near the pyramids. There will be
a one hour orientation at 5:00 pm.
Hotel - Le Meridien
Day 2, Jan 13, Monday
This morning there will be a three hours of
classroom instruction. After lunch we will head for the ancient capital of Memphis with its magnificent and beautiful Colossus of
Ramses as well as other inscribed monuments. After two hours on site we will return to the hotel for one hour of class.
Hotel, B -
Le Meridien
Day 3, Jan 14, Tuesday
After breakfast we will head to the Giza Plateau where we will spend the entire day. Of course
we will visit the Pyramid of Khufu, and the ageless Sphinx of Khafra with its valley temple. But our study will involve visits to
a number of private tombs, including the Tombs Qar and Idu, where we will study the inscriptions. This evening there will be a one
hour class.
Hotel, B - Le Meridien
Day 4, Jan 15, Wednesday
We will visit the ancient necropolis at Saqqara for the entire
morning. Sites include: the Step Pyramid of Djoser (the world's first pyramid), causeway of the Pyramid of Unas, and the Mastaba tombs
of Meruka and Khagemwy. After lunch we will return to the hotel for a three hour class.
Hotel, B - Le Meridien
Day 5, Jan
16, Thursday
The the day will be spent at the Egyptian Museum with the Treasures of Tutankhamen, studying and translating inscriptions
of your choice. From here we will drive to the airport to catch our evening flight to Luxor, where we will transfer to the historic,
five-star Winter Place Pavillon. There will be a one hour class in the evening.
Hotel - Winter Palace Pavillon, B - Le Meridien
Day
6, Jan 17, Friday
There will a three hour class at the hotel in the morning. We will spend the afternoon at Karnak Temple, the world's
largest temple complex, studying and translating the inscriptions. We will concentrate primarily on the 19th dynasty inscriptions
in the large columned hall.
Hotel, B - Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 7, Jan 18, Saturday
We will spend the morning at Luxor temple studying
the 18th and 19th dynasty inscriptions. In the afternoon we will have a three hour class back at the hotel. The evening will be spent
at the Luxor Museum studying and translating some of the many inscriptions it contains.
Hotel, B - Winter Palace Pavillon
Day
8, Jan 19, Sunday
Today we will drive to the West bank to visit the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II, or the temple of
Hatshepsut at Dier el Bahri, where we will study some of the ceremonial and historical inscriptions. Finally, we will stop for a brief
visit at the Colossi of Memnon, the giant statues of Amenhotep III, before we return to our hotel for our three hour afternoon class.
Hotel,
B - Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 9, Jan 20, Monday
We will return to the West Bank to visit Medinet Habu, the best preserved of the New
Kingdom temples where we will study ceremonial as well as historical inscriptions. There will be a three hour class back at the hotel.
Hotel,
B - Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 10, Jan 21, Tuesday
Today we board our bus for a visit to El Kab, site of many early New Kingdom tombs.
Here we will explore the famous Tomb of Amose, son of Ebana, and translate the historical inscriptions it contains. We may also visit
other tombs from this period. There will be a one hour class in the evening.
Hotel, B - Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 11, Jan 22, Wednesday
We
will recross the Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings, where we will visit several of the most interesting tombs open to the public.
The decision as to which tombs we will visit will be based on small crowds and appropriate inscriptions. The remainder of the morning
will be spent visiting several of the Nobles' Tombs on the West Bank. We will have a three hour class in the afternoon.
Hotel, B -
Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 12, Jan 23, Thursday
We will return to Karnak Temple for the entire day, with an emphasis on translating
the historical inscriptions contained in the Annals of Thutmose III. There will be a one hour class at the hotel in the evening.
If you choose, you can take a side trip to Abu Simbel today and tomorrow (this is an extra cost option), rejoining the group in Cairo
on Friday evening.
Hote, B - Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 13, Jan 24, Friday
You are free until we will transfer to the airport and fly
back to Cairo where we will check into the Novotel near the airport. The rest of the day is free
Hotel - Airport Novotel, B -
Winter Palace Pavillon
Day 14, Jan 25, Saturday
You will be transferred to the Cairo airport for your flight home.
B - Novotel
NOTES: B
= Breakfast
The right is reserved to substitute carriers or hotels should it be deemed necessary or desirable to do so. Items in the
itinerary are subject to schedule changes. Specific activities are subject to availability at the time of the tour and we cannot be
held responsible for monuments that are closed or otherwise unavailable. In this case, substitute activities will be made available
whenever possible