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In the Footsteps on Ramesses the Great Jan 25 In the Footsteps of Ramesses the Great with Gayle Gibson & Ramy Darwish January 25 - February 8, 2022 Come with us to explore the nature and monuments of the Ruler of Rulers, Ramesses II, and his astonishing family. Other kings may have fought more battles, or had more interesting scandals, but no one else marked Egypt as he did. Ramesses lived a very long time; during his life he knew great love with his Great Royal Wife, the beautiful Nefertari Merymut. Ramesses knew sorrow, too as he experienced the lives and deaths of many of his brilliant and accomplished children, including the First Egyptologist, Khaemwase. There are few spots in Egypt where Ramesses’ name and works cannot be found. For the rest of Egyptian history, his reign was the standard by which all others were judged. We’ll visit the pyramids of Giza and the great Temples of Karnak and Luxor, but with an eye for how these places looked and functioned in the Ramesside Era, about thirty-two hundred years ago. After seeing the great sights of Luxor and the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, we’ll change our modern tour bus for a mode of transportation that Ramesses would have recognized – a luxurious boat on the Nile. From our dahabiyya we’ll see Egypt from the River, and visit, islands, towns and temples between Luxor and Aswan from a different perspective. One rarely visited site will be the rock-cut temple and quarry at Gebel el Silsila. Here we’ll meet Ramesses ‘other’ great love, his Royal Wife, Isis, the mother of Khaemwase. And naturally, we’ll spend time at Abu Simbel, examining the great war reliefs and many unique images of the gods of Egypt and Nubia. You’ll spend quiet time in the exquisite temple of Nefertari, where the graceful queen can be seen in the presence of the goddesses of Love and Loyalty, Hathor and Isis. An optional pre tour extension can take us North to see the rarely-visited site of Tanis - where later kings built their city by salvaging and recycling the monuments of Ramesses’ capital of Avaris, which Ramesses had built by recycling the monuments of earlier kings! Tanis was also the site of one of the great discoveries of modern times, the almost intact burials of the kings of the Twenty-first Dynasty. We’ll see their solid silver coffins in the Cairo Museum, but we should be able to enter the surprisingly small royal tombs. The Engineers and scientists of the Egyptian Antiquities Service have chosen to restore the old temple, to make it again the rival of Luxor and Karnak. And we’ll finish with some delicious days in the city of Cleopatra the Great,Alexandria. Modern, Classical and Ancient histories jostle and blend in the city on the Mediterranean. Churchill met with Montgomery here, Hypatia was murdered here, and the ancient, lost library of Alexandria stood near the site of the remarkable, astonishingly beautiful, modern Biblioteca Alexandrina. We’ll visit an ancient university, strange Roman tombs with a mixture of Egyptian and Roman beliefs, and sphinxes, statues, and stele of Ramesses and his family, recycled from all over Egypt. 1 YOURJOURNEY.COM [email protected] 1 800 978 0544 In the Footsteps of Ramesses the Great with Gayle Gibson & Ramy Darwish January 25 - February 8, 2022 Day 1 Jan 25, 2022 Welcome to Cairo You will be greeted at the airport and transferred to your hotel – the Ramses Hilton hotel – directly across the motorway from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. The day is at leisure, extra sightseeing can be arranged or you can join the Alexandria pre tour extension. Jan 21 - 25 2022. Overnight Ramses Hilton, Cairo Day 2 Jan 26, 2022 GEM and Giza After breakfast, we will set off to visit the new GEM - Grand Egyptian Museum. We are hoping the new museum will be open! It will be home to many of the greatest treasures of ancient history. In addition to reviewing the stunning highlights, including Tutankhamen’s golden mask, the stunning colossi of Amenhotep III, and exquisite statues of the Old Kingdom, Ramy will guide us through the museum and Gayle will be with us to answer any questions and to direct you to often over looked treasures: exquisite tomb models, ornate coffins of historical characters, animal mummies, and the objects of every day life. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon we will visit Giza to see and explore the works of Ramesses and his son, Khaemwase, the First Egyptologist, on the Giza Plateau. We will explore with a focus on the pyramid of Khafre, the quarry, his Valley Temple and the Sphinx. We will enter the pyramid of Khafre if it is open. Overnight Ramses Hilton, Cairo B, L Day 3 Jan 27, 2022 Full day Sakkara We start our day with a visit to Memphis to explore the remains of the Ramesside capital. We then proceed to Sakkara. Today we will explore the modern Imhotep museum, where we’ll view some rare old kingdom relics, such as cobra reliefs, ancient harps, surgical instruments and the Old Kingdom mummy of King Merenre, and we’ll see how this site was sacred through the New Kingdom and into the Late Period. Then it’s up onto the plateau to tour the Saqqara complex, including the Step pyramid itself, Djoser’s court, and the causeway. We’ll continue to see Khaemwase’s work on the Wenis Pyramid and visit the Ramesside tombs - Horemheb, Tuya, Maya and take our time to explore . Lunch at Sakkara Palm Club. Overnight Ramses Hilton, B L Day 4 Jan 28, 2022 – Fly to Luxor explore Karnak Temple Early morning flight to Luxor - included in tour cost After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport to catch our morning flight to Luxor. Today will be an in-depth visit to Karnak: We’ll spend some time with the Wars Reliefs of Seti I, the astonishing Hypostyle Hall of Seti and Ramesses; the Chapel of the Hearing Ear, Horemheb’s Gate and the sacred road to the temple to the womanly goddess of sovereignty, Mut, who was the particular patronness of Ramesses’ Great Royal Wife, Nefertari. After our visit we check into our hotel and relax after our early morning start. Overnight Steigenberger, Luxor. B L 2 YOURJOURNEY.COM [email protected] 1 800 978 0544 In the Footsteps of Ramesses the Great with Gayle Gibson & Ramy Darwish January 25 - February 8, 2022 Day 5 Jan 29, 2022 – West Bank Valley of the Kings Set I Tomb We will spend the day on the West Bank. Morning: The Gurna Temple dedicated to Ramesses’ Father, Seti I and Grandfather, Ramesses I, the Ramesseum with the great statue that inspired Shelly’s poem, Ozymandias, the Merenptah Temple and the remains of Kom el Heitan. Lunch at a local restaurant: Afternoon: Valley of the Kings – Seti I; Horemheb, Ramesses I, Merenptah The highlight of our day will be a visit to the tomb of Seti I – the largest and finest in the Valley of the Kings. Although famous for being the father of Ramses II, Seti I was, himself. a great leader during his 11 year reign, known for his military achievements and cultivation of the arts. Despite Seti I’s short life, his tomb is the most completely decorated, preserved and finished in the valley. Most of the passageways and chambers in the 446 foot long tomb are not just painted, but often decorated with highly refined bas-relief. Areas that were not finished show the exquisite skill of the artists in elegant black line drawings on white background. The quality of the design set a standard that was seldom matched. Overnight Steigenberger, Luxor. B L Day 6 Jan 30, 2022 – Valley of the Queens: Nefertari Tomb A second day on the West Bank. We will visit the Valley of the Queens to see the tomb of Nefertari, Deir el Medina. and some the small tombs of Ramesside officials. Our first stop will be Deir el Medina, the home of the tomb workers during the Ramesside period. Here we will take our time climbing into some exquisite tombs of the fine artisans whose talented hands crafted the tombs of the Kings and Queens of Egypt. After Deir el Medina, we will visit the Valley of the Queens to view a few of the charming tombs of the young princes of Ramesses IIII, and examine the natural wonders of the site. Queen Nefertari was Ramesses’ Great Royal Wife. They had been married as teenagers and enjoyed twenty-four years together. When she died, Ramses II gave orders that a tomb be constructed for her in the Valley of the Queens. Nefertari’s tomb, possibly the most beautiful ever decorated, is known for exquisitely conserved wall paintings. The brilliantly coloured wall paintings show the queen honoring the gods and goddesses who would help her on her journey in the afterlife. Every image sings of the love of the King and his people for this gracious woman. Lunch at a local restaurant After lunch, if time permits we visit Ramesses’ work at Hatshepsut’s temple of Djeser Djeseru. This evening we will visit the Luxor Temple at night. We’ll see reliefs of the Battle of Kadesh, and stand in the presence of a seated colossus of Ramesses; his people came to that image for hundreds of years to entreat the Great King’s help. Ramesses’ eldest children will be there, in procession, to greet us, and a graceful image of Nefertari herself stands by the Western Gate beside a poem that seems to have been composed for her by her husband.
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