el quseir hotel egyptDendera and Abydos Working day tour
11th Dec 2024
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Get pleasure from a Private working day tour Dendera temple s and Abydos temples from Marsa Alam to Visit the temple of Hathor,The Goddess of Love,New music and Healing then vacation to Abydos to visit the temple of Osiris,Abydos was among An important spiritual web pages to historical Egyptians. Very like modern day Muslims hope to accomplish a pilgrimage to Mecca at the very least once within their life time, historical Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly affiliated with the doorway in to the afterlife.
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Get time from your lodge in Marsa Alam
Pick up time from the resort in Marsa Alam by Marsa Alam tours tour tutorial, Then Travel to Dendera temple
The space 220 K.m
Marsa Alam – Safaga 60 K.m
Safaga -Dendera 160
By using a break while in the desert
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Visit Dendera temple
Arrive at Dendera at 08: thirty, You may be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guide, He will make clear the heritage on the temple
Dendera temple
The Temple of Hathor was mainly constructed in the course of the Late Ptolemaic interval, precisely through the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later on additions ended up made over the Roman interval. Despite the fact that developed by a dynasty of rulers who weren't indigenous Egyptians by themselves, the look of this temple has actually been located being in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, with the exception of the entrance in the hypostyle hall, which, In line with an inscription above the doorway, was made by the Emperor Tiberius.
In addition to these, There's also scenes within the temple complex portraying the Ptolemaic rulers. Such as, carved on to the exterior facial area of one of several temple walls is a huge aid of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar and co-ruler, Ptolemy XV (much better generally known as Caesarion). The two Ptolemaic rulers are shown wearing Egyptian garb, and featuring sacrifices.
Hathor was also considered to be a goddess of therapeutic, and this is obvious in the existence of a sanatorium within the temple sophisticated. Right here, pilgrims would arrive at be cured by the goddess. Sacred h2o (which was created holy by owning it poured on to statues inscribed with sacred texts) was useful for bathing, unguents have been dispensed because of the priests of Hathor, and sleeping quarters ended up furnished for anyone hoping the goddess would seem within their desires, and so support them.
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Generate to Abydos temple from Dendera temple
Abydos temple
Considered one of A very powerful archaeological internet sites of Historical Egypt, the sacred metropolis of Abydos was the location of many ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa’ab, a royal necropolis exactly where early pharaohs were entombed. These tombs started to be noticed as very sizeable burials and in later on periods it became attractive to get buried in the region, bringing about The expansion from the town’s great importance being a cult website.
Now, Abydos is noteworthy for your memorial temple of Seti I, which has an inscription from the nineteenth dynasty identified to the trendy environment as the Abydos King List. It is a chronological record demonstrating cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The nice Temple and the majority of the historic town are buried under the fashionable buildings to the north of the Seti temple. Lots of the original constructions as well as the artifacts inside them are considered irretrievable and missing; several might have been destroyed by the new development.
Abyos temple Positioned about two.5 hours by motor vehicle north of Luxor , Abydos was one of A very powerful spiritual internet sites to historical Egyptians. Very like modern day Muslims hope to complete a pilgrimage to Mecca at the least when inside their life time, historic Egyptians might have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly associated with the entrance in to the afterlife.
Despite the fact that there were many temples made right here, the largest and most significant is recognized as the Temple of Seti I. Seti I had been The daddy of The nice Ramesses II, who in fact finished the construction of a lot of the temple right after his father’s Demise.
Coming to ability only 30 decades following the upheaval related to Akhenaten’s heretical rule, generally known as the Amarna Time period, Seti I used to be worried about reestablishing faith from the pantheon of Pre-Amarna gods that Akhenaten experienced sought to demolish.Therefore, the temple he developed includes smaller chapels committed to Each and every of the key gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, and in addition one particular to Seti himself.Substantially of the temple sophisticated is now not present, such as the pylon and the 1st two courtyards so people to enter through a doorway to the hypostyle corridor. A lot of the wall reliefs inside of are very well preserved plus the reliefs toward the again on the temple, concluded for the duration of Seti’s reign, are regarded as amid the finest in any temple all over Egypt.Considering that Abydos is more challenging to achieve than a lot of web sites, It isn't really greatly frequented. Often tour buses originate from the Seaside resorts or with tons of cruise ship passengers with the Purple Sea, but it surely you time your take a look at effectively, you would possibly find yourself With all the temple intricate to oneself.
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Lunch in Abydos temple
Take pleasure in Egyptian Lunch by Abydos temple
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Back again in your lodge
Drive back again to Marsa Alam from Abydos temple
Inclusions:
Personal tour
Personal tour information
Entrance charges
Lunch
Exclusions:
Evening meal
Tipping
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Starting From 145 $
The temple of Hathor
The Temple of Abydos
The Mysterious Cryptic
see Cleopatra Cleopatra VII
The King checklist
The Flower of Everyday living
the Egyptian Calendar
* Family And Group Use a Particular price tag
Free cancellation as much as 24 several hours before exercise starts off
Duration:
one Working day
type:
Private
Operate:
Every single day
Pick Up:
05:00
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