If you are a Nile-lover, our Cairo, Nile Cruise and Abu Simbel Tours would be the best for you, get a thrill out of cruising the Nile River in Egypt to explore Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, Enjoy many amazing sailing trips from Luxor to Aswan, visit the most popular historical places in Egypt that will make you get back in time of the Pharaonic era, explore their culture, lifestyle, civilization and know more about their gods and goddesses.
Flying Carpet Tours offers you an extreme entertainment by visiting Cairo`s best ancient and antiqued spots. The Great Pyramids of Giza or The Seven Wonders of the ancient world: Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. Besides the breathtaking view of the Sphinx, which is a body and a head of a king or god that symbolize strength and wisdom, also you can scout the valley temple.
Additionally, you will be entertained to attend our one-hour Sound and Light Show which is a great show that will take you back to the time of Ancient Egypt where the kings narrate their aesthetic pharaonic stories along with the Pyramids and the Sphinx being illuminated in multi-colored lasers and visual projections. Don`t miss our Camel Riding or Horse Riding at Giza Pyramids, we promise you an amazing and unique experience.
Get a thrill out of visiting the Step Pyramid of Sakkara; a true masterpiece of the ancient history and one of the hidden gems in Egypt. It is considered as one of the oldest structures all over the world that date back to 2700 B.C. Moreover, Sakkara Pyramid is a part of a fabulous mortuary complex that was constructed during the King Djoser in the third century, as it was built by the famous architect Imhotep, and it is a beautiful stepped pyramid that contains six layers that is gradually decreasing in size.
Then explore the wonderful Egyptian Museum which were described as one of the most valuable arts design in the Ancient Egyptian dynasty and include a big and rare collection of the Ancient Egyptian antiques and monuments, as well as the treasure of Tutankhamon, which is the most mysterious and marvelous monuments, the amazing treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun, and learn about the mummification in Ancient Egypt.
Moreover, the museum contains many tombs filled with amazing statues and paintings of Egyptian Gods that would help the mummy in the afterlife, protect them against tomb robbers, and pay homage to their religious symbols. They also contain messages and magic spells to ward off evil and furniture to use in the afterlife as they thought.
Try our Optional Tour, Dinner Cruise on the Nile River with Folklore show, Belly Dancer, or to the sound & light show at night is a multimedia show where you can discover more about ancient Egypt while listening to the story with calm and nice music in front of the pyramids.
However, if you are a shopaholic, Khan El-Khalili is the right place for you. You may get lost by the beauty of the shops there; you can buy a lot of things, such as ancient souvenirs, handmade accessories, and gold-made things.
Next we fly you to Luxor then transfer you to the Nile cruise to embrace the culture of Luxor and see the old capital for almost all of the pharaonic period and explore the monuments of Luxor which contains about a third of the most valuable monuments in the whole world such as Karnak and Luxor Temples and Colossi of Memnon.
Luxor was once known as "Thebes" during the New Kingdom, but ancient Egyptians were calling it “t-apt”, which means “the shrine”, as it was the most important religious Pharaonic capital, then the Arabian travelers called it Al-Oksour, which means “site of the palaces”, and then it slowly became Luxor. It`s where you will feast your eyes by the Ancient history that`s clear everywhere: tombs, temples, museums, walls and pyramids.
First, exploring Karnak Temple which is considered the biggest temple in the world, the temple was dedicated to god Amun. It developed over a period of 1500 years. and you will get amazed with our Valley of The Kings Tour which has many buried kings, it was used for burial, and it includes 3 tombs to visit and it is considered one of the most characteristic temples in all of Egypt was dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut who was a rare female Pharaoh as she was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
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Experience our Karnak Sound and Light Show, where pharaohs narrate their stories in a poetic and aesthetic way while the music is playing in the background at night with a multimedia show in front of the beautiful view of the Sacred lake, or experience a Hot Air Balloon Ride in Luxor, it is the greatest way to explore the world’s largest open air museum over Luxor in the beautiful morning light while flying all over Luxor and More.
Passing through the gates of Luxor, you will be astonished by the glory of the two huge statues; known as Colossi of Memnon. Know more about the mummification in Ancient Egypt by visiting the Mummification Museum. It also displays lifestyle of the Pharaonic kings and how they cared about the afterlife.
Moreover we sail to Aswan to see the beautiful city and the main attraction place the Philae Temple which is dedicated to goddess of motherhood Isis, you will gain the experience of riding Felucca in the Nile and scout around Elephantine island the largest island in Aswan it was built on the island to establish Egypt’s southern frontier, so it was the first defense line in Upper Egypt. Elephantine Island became an important customs point and trading centre, The Island contains Ancient Egyptians artifacts due to its location at the first Cataract of the Nile, which provided a natural boundary between Egypt and Nubia.
Visit the Unfinished Obelisk, which was built by the Queen Hatshepsut, and it shed light on its marvelous designing, as it was going to be the largest Obelisk in the world.
Scout the amazing historical Temple of Abu simbel which contains two temples one the temple of queen Nefertari and the other temple of Ramses II. Then see the High Dam of Aswan, The Aswan dam was constructed to regulate the flow of the river, which serves the whole of Egypt Flooding of the Nile occurs annually, with almost half of the water being drained into the sea wastefully. The dam controls floods by regulating the flow of river and supplies water for irrigation throughout the year. This dam is 30.M wide and 50.M high.
Or Discover the Ancient Egyptian history by visiting Kalabsha temple and Nubian Museum. Kalabsha Temple located close to Lake Nasser, near the western end of Aswan High Dam. The temple dates back to the roman times, especially to the time of the roman emperor Augustus, later other emperor has contributed to the construction, such as kaligula and Trjan. It was moved to this spot from its originally location 30 miles to the south after the construction of the dam.
Construction of the temple was begun at the end of the Ptolomaic Dynasty and actually completed under the rule of the Roman Emperor Augustus. The result is an interesting combination of imagery that includes Egyptian and Roman themes with images of Roman emperors and pharaohs worshipping with the Egyptian gods. The temple was dedicated to the Nubian god Mandulis.
Then you will sail to Kom Ombo to visit the glorious Temple of Kom Ombo; you can walk through the temple of Haroeris and the Temple of God Sobek, those temples show the importance of the Ancient Egyptian priests. Get excited with the Temple of Sobek, where you will find many mummified crocodiles, gorgeous inscriptions on the walls and beautiful clay coffins.
However, the Temple of Kom Ombo is surrounding by amazing gardens of corn and sugarcane, therefore Kom Ombo is an amusing agriculture town and there were a lot of Nubian people that were living in it before the Nile flooding has affected badly on their lands.
In addition to Edfu Temple; a great chance to explore the Ancient Egyptian civilization by watching the marvelous Pharaonic inscriptions on the walls of Edfu Temple, which gave us a lot of information about the Pharaonic history, myth, religion and ancient languages. Stroll at the Temple of Edfu, which was dedicated to Horus and Hathor, therefore it was the center of many ancient Egyptian festivals to sacred to the Horus, The building of Hypostyle Hall has a lot of amazing decorations, which are consisting of a description of the Feast of the Beautiful Meeting and the universal reunion between Horus and his beloved wife Hathor.
There are also the first pylon, which is situated in the entrance of the temple and it has many beautiful inscriptions, the Temple of Edfu is spiritually has a connection to the Hathors Temple at the Dendera complex.
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