The Heritage of the Americas Museum Announces . . . 
 

. . . a special tour of Egypt, scheduled for February 12 - 27, 2011 when this small group of travelers will view exquisite art designed to work magic, to guide mortals in the afterlife, and to stir souls with its beauty. From Cairo to Abu Simbel, the group will discover 3,000 years of Egyptian life and death along the Eternal Nile while visiting the magnificent Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo - with the Treasures of Tutankhamon, the royal mummies and more.  They'll experience the Great Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, the pyramids at Dahshur and Saqqara, the ancient temples and tombs at Luxor and Thebes, the tomb of Tutankhamon and others in the Valleys of the Kings and Queens. They will visit the immense temples at Abu Simbel built by Ramesses the Great to dominate Nubia. 

 

We will drive from Cairo through middle Egypt to Akhetaten (the Horizon of the Aten), the rarely visited site of king Akhenaten's sacred city, now called Amarna - and to the tomb of the "heretic" king, Akhenaten himself.   

 

This group will also experience those rarely visited sites missed by other groups: the temple at Abydos, with the famous King List and the Osireion, believed to be a cenotaph for the god Osiris or by some, the entrance to the underworld. Then there is the temple at Dendera, with the astrological ceiling.  We'll also be enchanted by the beautiful private tombs at Qurna, Aswan and El Kab.  

 

But there's more - for the pictorial itinerary of our 16 day tour of Egypt or to reserve your place, see our Web site at www.Egypt.AncientEmpires-Tours.com or call Ron at (619) 463-2955.  Questions? Email:  [log in to unmask]