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Let’s take a look around the oldest civilization in the world, you will be really amazed by Our Full Day Tour to Giza pyramids Memphis and Sakkara including pyramids of Cheops with 138.8 in height, Chepren which you will find its height 136 meters and Mykerinus at 61 meters which equals about 200 ft, also you will be able to visit Sakkara Pyramids which is consisted of six steps built specially for King Djoser During The 27Th Century BC. and discover Memphis City of King Menes, then you will visit the great sphinx (The faith guard of the pyramids) in a form of a pharaoh head with lions’ body.
Full Day Tour to Giza Pyramids Memphis and Sakkara includes all Pick Up & Drop off customer location in Cairo, Entry fees and lunch in local eatery. this tour excludes just simple personal spending’s like shopping or tipping.
Egypta tours Guide Will Pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza by Air-conditioned Vehicle to start your wonderful day by visiting the
The Great Pyramid, it is the largest of the three, with an average length of each side at the base of 755.75 feet (230 m) and an original height of 481.4 feet (147 m). The middle pyramid was built for Khafre (Greek: Chephren), the fourth king of the eight Fourth Dynasty; The structure is 707.75 feet (216 m) high on each side and was originally 471 feet (143 m) high.
The southern and last pyramid built is the pyramid of Menkaure (Greek: Mykerinus), the fifth king of the Fourth Dynasty; Each side was 356.5 feet (109 m) long, and the full height of the structure was 218 feet (66 m).
The three pyramids were plundered from the inside and outside in antiquity and the Middle Ages. Consequently, the funerary objects originally deposited in the burial chambers are missing, and the pyramids no longer reach their original heights because they have been almost completely stripped of their outer casings of fine white limestone; The Great Pyramid, for example, is now only 451.4 feet (138 meters) high. Khafre’s temple retains the outer limestone casing only in its upper part.
A mortuary temple was built near each pyramid, which was connected via a slanting bridge to the valley temple on the edge of the Nile River plains. Also nearby were subsidiary pyramids used to bury other members of the royal family.
then you will go ahead to see the
Huge statues are considered one of the distinctive features of ancient Egyptian civilization, and the Sphinx is the most famous of them. The statue was carved into the rock of the same area during the Fourth Dynasty (2613-2494 BC), making it the oldest, as the ancient Egyptian sphinxes represented the king. With the body of a lion as a clear sign of his strength.
It is the oldest known monumental sculpture. It is about 73.5 meters long, including 15 meters in length, its front legs, 19.3 meters wide, and its highest height above the ground is about 20 meters to the top of the head. The Sphinx was built facing the sunrise, where it was built. It was sculpted entirely from limestone of a mysterious creature that contains common characteristics between a lion and a human.
The statue has the body of a lion sitting in front of the disk of the sun, and its head is sculpted in the form of a royal human. The lion embodies the symbol of strength and solidity, while the human head symbolizes wisdom. The Sphinx took over He has captured the imagination of travelers and explorers for thousands of years, even in ancient Egyptian times.
During the Eighteenth Dynasty (1550-1295 BC), he came to be seen as a manifestation of the sun god, and he was called Hor-imakhet, “Horus on the horizon.” King Amenhotep II (about 1427-1400 BC) built a temple next to the Sphinx, which he dedicated to this god. His son Thutmose IV (1400-1390 BC), also built a huge painting between his front feet, which is called the Painting.
The dream, in which a wonderful event was recorded, and everyone who visits the site of this statue is amazed by the symbolism that the Sphinx refers to, as if the statue was standing near the three pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure to protect them, as this great statue accompanied the pyramids for thousands of years.
Valley Temple of Kafare situated in Giza, Egypt. It is believed to have been built during the reign of Pharaoh khafre, around 2550 BC, as part of the complex surrounding the Great Pyramid that included the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid Temple of Khufu, and the Valley Temple of khafre. The temple was made of limestone and was located on the eastern bank of the Nile River, on the same site as the Great Pyramid.
The temple was relatively large, about 105 meters long and 30 meters wide, and was most likely used for religious rituals and ceremonies in honor of Pharaoh chephren. The entrance to the temple was from the eastern side, and was decorated with bas-reliefs depicting Pharaoh Khafre and various religious scenes. Inside the temple there are many rooms and small chambers, including a small sanctuary where a statue of the pharaoh may have been placed.
The temple also contains a number of inscriptions and hieroglyphs that provide valuable information about the history and importance of Pharaoh khafre. The temple was likely used for numerous religious rituals and ceremonies, many of which were associated with the god Horus and the pharaoh Khufu. The temple was used to make offerings to the pharaoh and was also used as a place of worship, where people would come to pray to the pharaoh and the god Horus. The temple was in the area of the modern city of Giza, which reaches the Giza Plateau. In ancient times, it is likely that the banks of the Nile came directly to the temple.”
Enjoy Your Lunch Meal in Local Restaurant and try the best Egyptian Food then get Ready to Proceed Your Full Day Tour To Giza Pyramids
We will Continue Your Full Day Tour To Giza Pyramids by Visiting Memphis which is considered one of the greatest capitals of ancient Egypt. Its origins were linked to the establishment of unity between the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt during the days of King Menes, and it remained the capital of Egypt in the era of the Old Kingdom and the administrative and military capital in the era of the New Kingdom.
The god of Memphis was the god Ptah, and its huge cemetery extended from Abu Rawash in the north to Lisht in the south, and contained the finest examples of Egyptian architecture and arts without a doubt.
Memphis extended and expanded on the western shore of the Nile up to the outskirts of Giza, and on the eastern shore up to the area of the Old Cairo neighborhood, as it is called now, and its name was “Khara Aha,” meaning “place of battle,” and people used to run there while they were going from Memphis to ancient Egypt. .
Alexander the Great visited Memphis when he entered Egypt and was crowned there. In the Ptolemaic era, Alexandria remained the capital of Egypt, but Memphis did not lose its status.
at the end of Your Full Day Tour To Giza Pyramids we will drive you back to your desired location in Cairo or Giza.
