el quseir hotel egyptDendera and Abydos Working day tour
11th Dec 2024
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Appreciate A non-public day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to Visit the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of affection,Audio and Therapeutic then journey to Abydos to visit the temple of Osiris,Abydos was considered one of The most crucial religious websites to ancient Egyptians. Much like modern day Muslims hope to finish a pilgrimage to Mecca at least after inside their lifetime, historical Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly linked to the entrance in the afterlife.
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Pick up time out of your resort in Marsa Alam
Get time out of your hotel in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam excursions tour guide, Then Push to Dendera temple
The space 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga sixty K.m
Safaga -Dendera a hundred and sixty
Using a break while in the desert
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Visit Dendera temple
Arrive at Dendera at 08: 30, You'll be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guide, He'll explain the historical past with the temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was mainly manufactured through the Late Ptolemaic time period, exclusively over the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later additions were being designed during the Roman interval. Even though crafted by a dynasty of rulers who weren't native Egyptians them selves, the look of the temple has become observed to generally be in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, except the front of your hypostyle corridor, which, In line with an inscription higher than the entrance, was manufactured because of the Emperor Tiberius.
Apart from these, You will also find scenes inside the temple complex portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. By way of example, carved on to the exterior confront of on the list of temple walls is a large aid of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (better called Caesarion). The two Ptolemaic rulers are demonstrated dressed in Egyptian garb, and giving sacrifices.
Hathor was also considered to be a goddess of therapeutic, and this is apparent from the existence of a sanatorium from the temple complicated. In this article, pilgrims would arrive at be cured from the goddess. Sacred water (which was created holy by obtaining it poured onto statues inscribed with sacred texts) was employed for bathing, unguents were dispensed through the priests of Hathor, and sleeping quarters were delivered for the people hoping which the goddess would seem in their goals, and so aid them.
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Push to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Regarded one of the most important archaeological web sites of Historical Egypt, the sacred metropolis of Abydos was the positioning of numerous ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis where by early pharaohs ended up entombed. These tombs started to be found as extremely considerable burials As well as in later occasions it grew to become desirable being buried in the area, resulting in The expansion in the town’s great importance being a cult web site.
Now, Abydos is notable to the memorial temple of Seti I, which consists of an inscription from your nineteenth dynasty regarded to the trendy globe as the Abydos King Listing. This is a chronological checklist displaying cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes right up until Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The good Temple and most of the historic city are buried under the modern structures into the north in the Seti temple. A lot of the original constructions and the artifacts inside them are thought of irretrievable and misplaced; quite a few might are wrecked by the new construction.
Abyos temple Located about two.five hours by car or truck north of Luxor , Abydos was amongst The most crucial spiritual sites to ancient Egyptians. Much like modern day Muslims hope to finish a pilgrimage to Mecca no less than the moment inside their life time, historic Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly linked to the doorway to the afterlife.
Though there were a number of temples created below, the largest and most significant is referred to as the Temple of Seti I. Seti I had been the father of The nice Ramesses II, who in fact done the development of most of the temple immediately after his father’s Demise.
Coming to ability only 30 several years following the upheaval linked to Akhenaten’s heretical rule, referred to as the Amarna Time period, Seti I had been worried about reestablishing religion in the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten experienced sought to damage.Consequently, the temple he crafted consists of small chapels focused on Just about every of the main gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, in addition to just one to Seti himself.Significantly of your temple complex is now not existing, including the pylon and the primary two courtyards so people to enter by way of a doorway in to the hypostyle corridor. A lot of the wall reliefs inside are well preserved and the reliefs toward the back in the temple, finished in the course of Seti’s reign, are regarded as amongst the best in almost any temple all through Egypt.Since Abydos is more challenging to succeed in than many web pages, It isn't quite intensely frequented. Often tour buses come from the beach resorts or with lots of cruise ship travellers from the Pink Sea, but it you time your go to nicely, you may perhaps find yourself While using the temple sophisticated to on your own.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Delight in Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Back towards your lodge
Travel back to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Non-public tour
Private tour guideline
Entrance fees
Lunch
Exclusions:
Evening meal
Tipping
Be sure to remember to convey:
Passports
Sunglasses
Starting From a hundred forty five $
The temple of Hathor
The Temple of Abydos
The Mysterious Cryptic
see Cleopatra Cleopatra VII
The King listing
The Flower of Daily life
the Egyptian Calendar
* Household And Team Use a Particular price
Totally free cancellation nearly 24 hours right before action commences
Period:
one Day
sort:
Personal
Run:
On a daily basis
Get:
05:00
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