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Touch the great ancient Egyptian culture in style, visit Abu simble temple and the highlights of Aswan in tow days guided private tour.
Pick time early morning to Aswan by a comfortable bus to start a wonderful day tour with a private Egyptology Stop 1: Edfu temple After 3 hours driving you will reach Edfu temple one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. Stop2: Philae Temple The marvelous complex of philae and the most picturesque in all of Egypt located 12 km to the south of Aswan, Saved from a watery grave by UNESCO's rescue project during the building of the Aswan High Dam, the temples were transferred block by block from their original place on Philae Island to Agilika Island, Stop 3 The high dam The modern Egypt's most lauded and yet controversial building project. Located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan the dam was President Nasser's pet project and greatest achievement and was achieved through funding and technical help from the Soviet Union. Check in 4 stars hotel for diner and overnight .Next day early morning departure to Abu simble Stop 4 Abu Simble Abu Simbel is two massive rock-cut temples near the border with Sudan built by the great king Ramses the second to intimidate his enemies and seat himself amongst the gods. The four colossal statues of Ramses in front of the main temple are spectacular examples of ancient Egyptian art. By means of a complex engineering feat in the 1960s, the temples were salvaged from the rising waters of the Nile River caused by erection of the Aswan High Dam. After lunch you will be picked up back to tour hotel in Marsa Alam
Need to take with you
• Sun cream
• hat
• Breakfast box
• Mineral water
• Passport or ID card
• Comfortable shoes
• Sunglasses
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