top hotel marsa alamDendera and Abydos Day tour
11th Dec 2024

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Enjoy a Private working day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to go to the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of Love,Music and Therapeutic then journey to Abydos to visit the temple of Osiris,Abydos was one of The main religious sites to historic Egyptians. Very similar to contemporary Muslims hope to accomplish a pilgrimage to Mecca at least at the time of their life time, historic Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly associated with the doorway into the afterlife.

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Pick up time from a hotel in Marsa Alam
Get time from your lodge in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam tours tour guide, Then Push to Dendera temple
The Distance 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga sixty K.m
Safaga -Dendera 160
Which has a break during the desert
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Take a look at Dendera temple
Arrive at Dendera at 08: thirty, You'll be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guideline, He will reveal the background with the temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was largely produced in the course of the Late Ptolemaic interval, especially in the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later on additions ended up created in the Roman period. While crafted by a dynasty of rulers who were not native Egyptians by themselves, the look of the temple is located to generally be in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, except for the front with the hypostyle corridor, which, In keeping with an inscription above the entrance, was built through the Emperor Tiberius.
Other than these, there are also scenes in the temple complicated portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. By way of example, carved onto the external confront of among the list of temple partitions is a large relief of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (far better called Caesarion). The two Ptolemaic rulers are revealed wearing Egyptian garb, and presenting sacrifices.
Hathor was also viewed as a goddess of healing, and this is obvious from the presence of the sanatorium from the temple advanced. Below, pilgrims would come to be cured from the goddess. Sacred water (which was built holy by acquiring it poured onto statues inscribed with sacred texts) was useful for bathing, unguents ended up dispensed through the monks of Hathor, and sleeping quarters ended up offered for those hoping the goddess would appear of their desires, and so support them.
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Travel to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Regarded certainly one of The key archaeological internet sites of Ancient Egypt, the sacred metropolis of Abydos was the site of numerous ancient temples, like Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis exactly where early pharaohs ended up entombed. These tombs began to be viewed as incredibly sizeable burials and in later on situations it grew to become fascinating to be buried in the region, bringing about The expansion in the city’s great importance like a cult web-site.
These days, Abydos is notable for that memorial temple of Seti I, which consists of an inscription through the nineteenth dynasty recognised to the trendy globe since the Abydos King Listing. It's really a chronological record showing cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes till Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The Great Temple and many of the historical city are buried underneath the fashionable structures to your north of your Seti temple. Most of the first buildings as well as artifacts in just them are considered irretrievable and lost; several could are already wrecked by the new construction.
Abyos temple Found about two.5 hours by vehicle north of Luxor , Abydos was certainly one of The most crucial spiritual web pages to historical Egyptians. Very similar to modern day Muslims hope to complete a pilgrimage to Mecca a minimum of once of their life time, historical Egyptians would have hopes to go to Abydos, which for them was strongly connected with the entrance in the afterlife.
Despite the fact that there were quite a few temples created listed here, the largest and most important is called the Temple of Seti I. Seti I had been the father of The nice Ramesses II, who truly finished the development of a lot of the temple after his father’s Demise.
Coming to energy only thirty many years following the upheaval related to Akhenaten’s heretical rule, often called the Amarna Time period, Seti I used to be worried about reestablishing faith while in the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten experienced sought to wipe out.Subsequently, the temple he developed contains modest chapels dedicated to Each and every of the foremost gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, as well as just one to Seti himself.Much on the temple elaborate is no longer present, including the pylon and the primary two courtyards so readers to enter via a doorway into the hypostyle hall. Most of the wall reliefs within are very well preserved plus the reliefs towards the again of your temple, done in the course of Seti’s reign, are looked upon as between the best in almost any temple all over Egypt.Since Abydos is more difficult to succeed in than many websites, It isn't extremely seriously visited. Often tour buses originate from the Seashore resorts or with lots of cruise ship passengers in the Red Sea, but it you time your stop by perfectly, you would possibly end up Together with the temple sophisticated to oneself.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Love Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Back again to your lodge
Push back to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Non-public tour
Private tour guideline
Entrance service fees
Lunch
Exclusions:
Supper
Tipping
Please 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 listing
The Flower of Lifestyle
the Egyptian Calendar
* Spouse and children And Group Have got a Exclusive value

Free cancellation as many as 24 hrs right before action starts off

Duration:

1 Working day

kind:

Personal

Operate:

Daily

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05:00

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