quseir egyptDendera and Abydos Day tour
11th Dec 2024

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Enjoy A personal working day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to go to the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of Love,Audio and Healing then vacation to Abydos to visit the temple of Osiris,Abydos was one among An important spiritual internet sites to ancient Egyptians. Very like modern-day Muslims hope to finish a pilgrimage to Mecca at the least as soon as of their life time, ancient Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly associated with the doorway in to the afterlife.

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Pick up time from a hotel in Marsa Alam
Get time out of your lodge in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam excursions tour manual, Then Push to Dendera temple
The Distance 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga sixty K.m
Safaga -Dendera 160
That has a break from the desert
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Stop by Dendera temple
Arrive at Dendera at 08: thirty, You'll be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guideline, He will demonstrate the historical past of your temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was largely produced through the Late Ptolemaic period of time, particularly over the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Afterwards additions had been designed during the Roman time period. While crafted by a dynasty of rulers who were not native Egyptians on their own, the design of the temple has long been discovered for being in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, excluding the entrance from the hypostyle hall, which, In accordance with an inscription earlier mentioned the doorway, was constructed from the Emperor Tiberius.
Besides these, there are also scenes inside the temple intricate portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. By way of example, carved on to the external experience of one of several temple walls is a huge relief of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (better called Caesarion). The two Ptolemaic rulers are revealed wearing Egyptian garb, and featuring sacrifices.
Hathor was also considered to be a goddess of therapeutic, which is obvious from the existence of a sanatorium within the temple complex. Here, pilgrims would arrive at be cured because of the goddess. Sacred drinking water (which was produced holy by having it poured on to statues inscribed with sacred texts) was utilized for bathing, unguents were dispensed via the clergymen of Hathor, and sleeping quarters had been supplied for people hoping the goddess would appear of their dreams, and so support them.
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Drive to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Viewed as one among The main archaeological sites of Historical Egypt, the sacred city of Abydos was the location of many historical temples, such as Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis where by early pharaohs have been entombed. These tombs started to be noticed as extremely important burials and in afterwards instances it grew to become desirable to get buried in the region, resulting in the growth on the town’s relevance for a cult web page.
Today, Abydos is noteworthy for that memorial temple of Seti I, which is made up of an inscription from the nineteenth dynasty acknowledged to the trendy world since the Abydos King Listing. It's really a chronological list displaying cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until eventually Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The Great Temple and a lot of the historical city are buried underneath the trendy properties into the north from the Seti temple. A lot of the initial structures plus the artifacts in just them are regarded as irretrievable and misplaced; several could are already wrecked by the new building.
Abyos temple Situated about 2.five several hours by car north of Luxor , Abydos was amongst The key spiritual internet sites to historical Egyptians. Much like modern Muslims hope to accomplish a pilgrimage to Mecca no less than the moment inside their life time, ancient Egyptians would've hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly associated with the doorway to the afterlife.
Even though there have been various temples produced listed here, the most important and most important is recognized as the Temple of Seti I. Seti I was the father of The good Ramesses II, who basically finished the construction of the vast majority of temple right after his father’s death.
Coming to electric power only 30 many years once the upheaval connected to Akhenaten’s heretical rule, often known as the Amarna Time period, Seti I had been concerned with reestablishing religion inside the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten experienced sought to ruin.Subsequently, the temple he developed contains smaller chapels dedicated to Just about every of the main gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, and also one particular to Seti himself.A lot of your temple sophisticated is now not existing, including the pylon and the primary two courtyards so guests to enter through a doorway into the hypostyle corridor. A lot of the wall reliefs inside are very well preserved and also the reliefs towards the back again in the temple, finished in the course of Seti’s reign, are regarded as being between the best in any temple during Egypt.Considering that Abydos is more difficult to reach than several web sites, It's not really seriously visited. Occasionally tour buses originate from the Seashore resorts or with tons of cruise ship travellers from your Crimson Sea, nonetheless it you time your take a look at perfectly, you may find yourself Using the temple intricate to on your own.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Get pleasure from Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Again for your lodge
Travel back to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Personal tour
Personal tour manual
Entrance service fees
Lunch
Exclusions:
Supper
Tipping
Remember to make sure to carry:
Passports
Sunglasses
Ranging from 145 $

The temple of Hathor
The Temple of Abydos
The Mysterious Cryptic
see Cleopatra Cleopatra VII
The King list
The Flower of Everyday living
the Egyptian Calendar
* Relatives And Group Have a Special value

Totally free cancellation as many as 24 several hours just before action commences

Duration:

1 Working day

type:

Private

Run:

Every day

Get:

05:00

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