The Best Private Full-Day Tour to The Giza Pyramids, Sakkara and Memphis

Explore the Giza Pyramids, Sakkara & Memphis Full Day Tour

Look at Egypt Tours Egyptologist guide For Full Day Tour to Giza Pyramids, Memphis & Sakkara will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, to start your day tour by visiting the Pyramids of Giza where greatness has been embodied in three pyramids with a limestone statue of the Sphinx guarding the whole area. The Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx are among the most popular tourist destinations in the World, and indeed already were even in Roman times. Each of these spectacular Pyramids served as the final resting place of the Pharaoh king of the 4th Dynasty (Many people & scholars now don’t believe this theory ) The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for King Khufu (c.2589–2566 BC), and the other two for Khafre and Menkaure, his son and grandson. Khufu’s pyramid is both the oldest and largest of the three, and the first building to exceed it in height would not be built for another 3,800 years. Although the three pyramids dominate the plateau, they are in fact surrounded by many other monuments, enjoy stunning photos on the Panorama of the Pyramids then move to the Great Sphinx of Giza It was carved directly out of the bedrock during the 4th Dynasty which also makes it the oldest. Ancient Egyptian sphinxes represented the king with the body of a lion, in a clear demonstration of his power.

The Great Sphinx has captured the imagination of travelers and explorers for millennia, even in ancient Egyptian times. During the 18th Dynasty, it came to be seen as a manifestation of the sun god, and was called Horemakhet “Horus in the Horizon”. King Amenhotep II (c.1427–1400 BC) built a temple next to the Sphinx, which he dedicated to this god. His son, Thutmose IV (c.1400–1390 BC), erected a monumental stela between its front paws, called the Dream Stela, on which he recorded a fascinating event. After your visit to the Giza Plateau enjoy your Lunch at a local restaurant then move to Sakkara or Saqqara is one of the most important cemeteries of Old Memphis, which was itself one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history. The name of the site most likely derives from the god of this necropolis, Sokar. Saqqara is truly an open-air museum, one that has all ancient Egyptian history on display. Start by visiting the Step Pyramid of Djoser the oldest pyramid in Egypt of King Zoser or Djoser (c.2686–2667 BC). Then visit one of the tombs of the noblemen of the old kingdom which are decorated with scenes of the daily life in ancient Egypt and texts of outstanding beauty and craftsmanship. After that move to the old capital of ancient Egypt Memphis to see the biggest man-made statue of King Ramses the Second and the Alabaster Sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut. Then back to your hotel.