Marsa AlamDendera and Abydos Working day tour
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Take pleasure in A personal day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to Visit the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of Love,Tunes and Therapeutic then travel to Abydos to visit the temple of Osiris,Abydos was one of the most important spiritual web-sites to ancient Egyptians. Very similar to modern Muslims hope to accomplish a pilgrimage to Mecca not less than once of their life time, historic Egyptians might have hopes to go to Abydos, which for them was strongly connected to the entrance to the afterlife.

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Pick up time out of your lodge in Marsa Alam
Pick up time out of your lodge in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam tours tour manual, Then Drive to Dendera temple
The Distance 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga 60 K.m
Safaga -Dendera a hundred and sixty
By using a crack in the desert
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Visit Dendera temple
Arrive at Dendera at 08: 30, You can be accompanied by Egyptologist tour manual, He will reveal the heritage on the temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was mostly manufactured in the course of the Late Ptolemaic period, especially over the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later on additions had been built during the Roman interval. Although crafted by a dynasty of rulers who were not native Egyptians themselves, the design of this temple continues to be located to be in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, apart from the entrance of your hypostyle hall, which, In line with an inscription previously mentioned the doorway, was produced by the Emperor Tiberius.
Aside from these, You can also find scenes during the temple sophisticated portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. One example is, carved onto the external encounter of one of the temple walls is a huge reduction of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (much better called Caesarion). The 2 Ptolemaic rulers are shown dressed in Egyptian garb, and featuring sacrifices.
Hathor was also regarded as a goddess of therapeutic, which is obvious inside the presence of the sanatorium within the temple intricate. Here, pilgrims would come to be cured by the goddess. Sacred drinking water (which was built holy by possessing it poured onto statues inscribed with sacred texts) was used for bathing, unguents were dispensed through the priests of Hathor, and sleeping quarters have been offered for the people hoping that the goddess would appear inside their dreams, and so help them.
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Travel to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Deemed considered one of The key archaeological websites of Historical Egypt, the sacred town of Abydos was the internet site of many historical temples, together with Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis where by early pharaohs were being entombed. These tombs started to be witnessed as very substantial burials As well as in afterwards times it turned desirable to get buried in the area, bringing about the growth of the city’s worth like a cult web site.
Nowadays, Abydos is noteworthy for that memorial temple of Seti I, which contains an inscription within the nineteenth dynasty regarded to the modern globe as the Abydos King Checklist. It is just a chronological record displaying cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The nice Temple and almost all of the historical town are buried less than the fashionable structures for the north with the Seti temple. A lot of the first buildings as well as the artifacts within just them are thought of irretrievable and missing; many may are already destroyed by The brand new construction.
Abyos temple Positioned about two.5 hrs by car north of Luxor , Abydos was considered one of the most important spiritual web-sites to ancient Egyptians. Very like modern Muslims hope to complete a pilgrimage to Mecca a minimum of after in their life time, historical Egyptians would have hopes to go to Abydos, which for them was strongly connected to the entrance into the afterlife.
Even though there have been a number of temples made below, the largest and most important is referred to as the Temple of Seti I. Seti I was the father of the great Ramesses II, who essentially done the construction of the vast majority of temple just after his father’s death.
Coming to electrical power only thirty yrs following the upheaval related to Akhenaten’s heretical rule, generally known as the Amarna Period of time, Seti I was concerned with reestablishing religion in the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten experienced sought to demolish.Consequently, the temple he built includes little chapels dedicated to Just about every of the main gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, and also a single to Seti himself.A lot of the temple intricate is now not present, including the pylon and the first two courtyards so website visitors to enter via a doorway to the hypostyle hall. Most of the wall reliefs within are well preserved as well as reliefs towards the back again of the temple, accomplished during Seti’s reign, are regarded as among the best in any temple during Egypt.Due to the fact Abydos is tougher to achieve than several internet sites, It's not necessarily incredibly seriously frequented. Once in a while tour buses come from the Seaside resorts or with tons of cruise ship travellers with the Red Sea, but it really you time your check out nicely, you may perhaps end up Together with the temple elaborate to your self.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Appreciate Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Back for your hotel
Travel back again to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Non-public tour
Personal tour information
Entrance service fees
Lunch
Exclusions:
Evening meal
Tipping
Make sure you make sure to bring:
Passports
Sunglasses
Ranging from one hundred forty five $

The temple of Hathor
The Temple of Abydos
The Mysterious Cryptic
see Cleopatra Cleopatra VII
The King record
The Flower of Everyday living
the Egyptian Calendar
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