MEGALITHOMANIA PRESENTS
TREASURES OF ANCIENT
EGYPT ONE-WEEK TOUR
Main Tour: Nov 16th - 23rd 2024 / Add-On: Nov 23rd - 30th 2024

Join a host of Megalithomaniacs on the ultimate ‘Grand Tour’ of Egypt. The tour is divided in two, so you can enjoy one or both aspects of ancient Egypt (north and south), with private 2-hour access visits inside the Great Pyramid, and a rarely authorised visit with the Sphinx Temple (optional) and the enigmatic Osirion at Abydos, as well as 5-star hotels and a beautiful Nile cruise. Explore the mysteries of Khemit accessing rarely visited temples with special guest Andrew Collins, who is joining us for part 1, along with Yousef Awyan, Hugh Newman and J.J. Ainsworth who will be journeying with you throughout both tours.

Tour Cost in USD (United Stated Dollar): $3250 (pt1) / $3950 (pt2) / $6990 (Both-save $210) Based on double occupancy Single occupancy supplement: $700/$1200 US (if you want your own room) Tour deposit: $700 US Plus Tip Kitty per-person to be paid before tour to avoid hassle from sellers in Egypt. The hosts pay it too! See details below. Please email: info@megalithomania.co.uk for more info, or any queries.

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Part 1 - Pyramids Tour

Day 1: Arrival Cairo – Welcome to the Land of the Pharaohs!
Arrival at Cairo International airport; our friendly representative will be waiting for you! Claim your luggage and he will escort you to the beautiful 5-star Hotel near Giza. Introductory lecture with the speakers/hosts. Sleep well and get ready for the start of your tour. Meals: Dinner / Overnight: Steigenberger pyramids Hotel or similar.

Day 2: Saqqara / Serapeum / Memphis
Full exploration of Saqqara. See the enigmatic Serapeum, a labyrinth of underground catacombs housing gigantic sarcophagi once containing mummified bulls. Inspect evidence of advanced technologies behind the construction of these massive granite sarcophagi. Visit the Pyramid of Teti to see the Pyramid Texts, recording the journey of the pharaoh into an afterlife among the stars, and see also the Step Pyramid, built for the pharaoh Djoser around 2675 BCE. Explore its underground chambers and see its enormous sarcophagus. Continue to Memphis the city was founded by King Menes. It was the capital of ancient Egypt during the Old Kingdom and remained an important city throughout ancient Egyptian history, It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the Nile Delta, and was home to bustling activity. It also houses the massive, perfectly carved Ramses statue in its museum. Return to Giza. Overnight Steigenberger pyramids Hotel

Day 3: Giza Plateau / the Sphinx / Private Visit inside Great Pyramid
After Breakfast we have our first visit to the Giza Plateau to visit all three Pyramids and numerous anomalies that we will point out on the way. In the evening we will have a visit to the Great Pyramid with silent time in the King’s chamber (5pm - 7pm). Here, we unite our life story with the story of those who have come before us and those who will come after as we embrace the transformation that we have experienced. We will have the opportunity to see the Queen's Chamber and the Subterranean Chamber. Optional visit within the rarely visited Sphinx Temple. Return to Giza. Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Overnight Steigenberger pyramids Hotel

Day 4: Egyptian Museum / Old Cairo
After breakfast, we are off to discover the Grand Egyptian Museum is an archaeological Museum in Giza, Egypt. It will house artifacts of ancient Egypt, including the complete Tutankhamun collection, and is set to be the largest archaeological museum in the world. Many pieces in its collection will be displayed for the first time. Visit the Coptic Church Abu Sarga, or The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus where the Holy Family stayed. Then Visit “Sultan Hassan & Refaai Mosque” its actual name is ‘Madrasa and Mosque of Sultan Hassan’ Madarsa is the Egyptian equivalent word to ‘School’, dated back to 1362 AD during the Mamlouk Dynasty. Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Overnight Steigenberger pyramids Hotel

Day 5: Dahshur / Meidum / El-Fayoum Oasis
After breakfast, we visit Dahshur, where we will be able to visit the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramids, that have unique geometry and are of megalithic construction. Lunch and transfer to Fayum, visit Meidum Pyramid The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times and thought to be just the second pyramid built after Djoser's and may have been originally built for Huni, the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, and continued by Sneferu. Because of its unusual appearance, the pyramid is called el-heram el-kaddaab — (False Pyramid). Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Overnight Helnan Auberge Hotel or similar

Day 6: Qasr el Sagha temple / Lake Moeris / El-Fayoum Oasis
After Breakfast we will transfer to Fayoum. Then we visit Qasr El Sagha Temple it is a small unique temple with seven Sanctuaries. Built using cyclopean masonry, this mysterious megalithic structure remains an enigma. Devoid of any inscriptions and constructed using polygonal blocks more familiar to pre-Incan Peru than Egypt, it has links with the cult of the crocodile god Sobek, as well as with the female pharaoh Sobek-neferu. Spend the day looking for clues as to who built it, when, and why. Stop at Dimeh es-Seba. After that we will visit Widan El Faras is a natural formation of basalt mountain taking the shape of horse ears (which is Widan El Faras in Arabic). It is in the northern Fayoum desert after which the area got its name. stop by Petrified Forest. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Overnight Helnan Auberge Hotel or similar

Day 7: Visit Fayoum - Transfer back to Cairo
After breakfast head back to Cairo, visit The Giza Plateau once again and enjoy all parts of Pyramids, mixed with special life time photos. Considered to be the only remaining wonder of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramid complex stands on the Giza plateau and rises from the desert as a bonfire of strength, inspiration, history & loads of mystery Meals: Breakfast & Lunch / Overnight: Le Meridien Airport Hotel.

Day 8: Departure / Optional Tour to Upper Egypt
Breakfast at hotel or breakfast box (if you leave early), then we will transfer you to Cairo International airport for the flight back home. Optional Tour to Upper Egypt - see below. Meals: Breakfast.

Part 2 - Nile Cruise and Temples Tour

Day 1: (or Day 8 of Pyramids Tour) Fly to Luxor & visit East Bank in Luxor
Early Morning, we will take our flight to Luxor. Arrival & transfer to your chosen hotel in Luxor. Start our trip with a visit to “The Temples of Karnak” considered as the largest Temple in the World! The complex contains a group of Temples such as the Great Temple of Amon Ra, The Temple of Khonso, The Temple of Ptah, the Temple of Montho and the Temple of the God Osiris including the immense Obelisks and the secret room with the powerful Sekhmet statue. A 20m high, mud brick enclosure wall, surrounded all of these buildings. Transfer to hotel, check in. in the evening, will head to “Luxor Temple” it is huge in scale — it once housed a village within its walls. It has several pylons (monumental gateways) that are some 70 yards long. The first pylon is over 70 feet high, fronted by massive statues and several obelisks. There are several open areas, once used for various forms of worship but now empty. Later additions include a shrine to Alexander the Great, a Roman sanctuary, and an Islamic shrine to a 13th-century holy man. Back to hotel. Meals: Breakfast box & Lunch & Dinner / Overnight: Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel

Day 2: Dendera Temple
After breakfast, check out and Visit Dendera, one of the best-preserved complexes, will reveal the famous carvings of the light bulbs, and many beautiful statues and carvings of Hathor, with a quick hello to the dwarf god 'Bes'. Transfer to Abydos, check in Hotel. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner / Overnight: House of Life Hotel in Abydos.

Day 3: Abydos and Osirion Private Entrance / Return to Luxor
After a delicious breakfast we visit the sacred and ancient city of Abydos, the Seti l temple and its famous Kings List, as well as the strange hieroglyphs that some say depict modern technology and flying vehicles! We will descend to the Osirion Temple, discovered in 1903, with the flower of life burnt into the huge stone uprights. The megalithic stonework here is the largest in Egypt and the temple is now free of water so we have arranged private special access for our Megalithomania group to examine this stunning megalithic masterpiece in detail. We continue to the rarely visited site pre-dating the Giza pyramids and the largest mud-brick structure in the world, where a giant 8.ft 6in tall Pharaoh called Khasekhemwy once ruled, who was connected to both Saqqara and Byblos in Lebanon. Back to Luxor. Check in Nile Cruise. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner / Overnight: Nile cruise

Day 4: West Bank / Colossi of Memnon / Ramesseum / Valley of the Kings
Morning visit to Valley of the Kings, to see the tombs of the pharaohs inscribed with sacred transformative texts, including the Books of knowing light and dark, the book of what is in the underworld, the book of caverns, and naming and taming the hours of the night, and many others. We will visit the Colossi of Memnon and the Ramsseum, both with the largest known megalithic statues in Egypt. Stop by Rakh Mitra Tomb where depioction of giants are painted and carved on its walls, before getting back to Nile Cruise for Sailing . Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner / Overnight: Nile cruise

Day 5: Visit Horus Temple at Edfu / Temple of Kom Ombo
Today we will visit Edfu Temple of Horus one of the most well-preserved Temples in Egypt. The side chambers of the Temple show the complexity of ancient rites. They include a healing chamber, a perfumery, and singers’ rooms. One chamber, called the House of Life, stored all of the sacred texts used in seasonal and daily rituals. Horus is associated with higher vision and clarity. The eye of Horus greatly relates to his myth and power. The builders were influenced by the legendary Followers of Horus, a predynastic elite who occupied Egypt, who were thought to have written the Edfu Building Texts that describe dates going back tens of thousands of years. Sail to Kom Ombo, by sunset we will visit the only dual temple in Egypt. This dramatic temple poised between the edge of the river and the encroaching desert sand was dedicated to two gods - Sobek the crocodile god of strength, fortitude, fertility and rebirth, and Horus the hawk-headed son of Isis and Osiris. The duality of light/ dark, yin/yang, conscious/unconscious is obvious in this ancient site. One of the most powerful places in Kom Ombo is the Seat of Neutrality, which is placed on the exact centerline between the parts of the temple that are dedicated to Horus/Sobek and Light/Dark. Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner / Overnight: on board Nile Cruise.

Day 6: Philae Temples & Felucca Ride
Today we will return to the source of all, the Great Mother, to receive the blessings of Isis at her beautiful island Philae temples. This isle represents a fusion of three great civilizations: Egyptian, Greek and Roman. It is also here that numerous giant skeletons were unearthed in 1901, including one that was over eleven feet tall. enjoy your Felucca ride in Aswan for a fantastic sailing experience and enjoy the river. Back to Nile Cruise.

Day 7: Aswan Quarry / Temple of Isis / Nubian Museum with Nabta Playa Stone Circle /Afternoon Felucca ride
After breakfast, check out. we will visit the 1168 Ton Unfinished Obelisk still in the quarry, then we will visit the amazing Nubian Museum that has in its grounds, the 7000-year-old stone circles of Nabta Playa, and many other important artifacts from Southern Egypt. Then transfer you to Aswan airport for the flight back to Cairo, transfer to Hotel, check in our Hotel. Meals: Breakfast, Farewell Dinner / Overnight: Le Meridien Airport Hotel

Day 8: Departure
Breakfast and meet up with our friendly rep. for the transfer to Cairo International airport for final flight. Meal: Breakfast.

Feedback from previous Megalithomania Egypt Tours

"To say we enjoyed the Egypt Origins trip with Megalithomaniacs in 2022 would be an understatement. The tour company, Soul of Egypt Travel, did an outstanding job of making sure we had a seamless and completely orchestrated holiday. Food, accommodations, and travel details were stress free. As far as the hosts and the content; it was all beyond expectation. Our Egyptian guides, and guest speakers, added amazing depth to the experience at every sight we visited. The ‘private’ access was not limited to the Osirion and the Great Pyramid, but included many little add-ons at each location that clearly were excluded from other tour itineraries’ and were largely orchestrated on demand by our guides based on the group preference. Although this was my first visit to Egypt I am very glad to have spent it with a group of people that were so keen and well versed on the content, history, spirituality, and mythology of Egypt that an association like Megalithomanics attracts. I look forward to continuing my exploration of the ancient world on future Megalithomaniac tours." - Mr A. Stacey

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for a wonderful trip. I had high hopes for the tour, and it really did exceed my expectations. The organisation was great from start to finish. The knowledge and insights shared at each of the sites and the talks were really interesting, and made the trip much richer than I could have imagined. So thank you to Soul of Egypt Travel, Megalithomania, and to each of you for the part you played in such a memorable experience." - Nicola D.

"Thanks to Megalithomania for truly epic tour of Egypt and Jordan! The list of highlights is way too long to mention. Suffice to say we got to see more than expected, learned more than expected, and had the pleasure of doing all this in a great travel group of fascinating people. The insights from Hugh, J.J., Jim, Yousef, and the local guides made seeing all these sights for the first time even more exciting. We loved the combination of hotels and the Nile cruise. Getting to walk, climb, and crawl in the Great Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, Osiris Shaft, around the Sphinx, and other areas was amazing. We’re so happy we did the Jordan add-on. So many things to see in Jordan, still, Petra was even more remarkable than we imagined. Hope to see you all on a future trip! - Steve Sadler & Barbara Patrick, USA

"This was the best holiday trip experience in my life so far! Had lots of laughs and fun and I was absolutely stunned and mesmerised by the incredible historical ancient sites and captivated by the remarkable discoveries! I learned so much With your great knowledge insights and will remember this trip and you as a group / tour guides and all the tour hosts ,Forever! The choice of accommodation was impressive and meals was delicious . Thank you Soul of Egypt tours for your excellent arrangements. It was worth every dollar paid for this tour. Highly recommended! Thank you each one in the tour group for everyday’s friendly smiles and chats and I would love if ever it could be possible a reunion with the same group lol! Take care..maybe will see some of you again in the future". - Lariana, UK

"That was the best trip ever! I echo Lariana's hope that we all could get together again sometime. To a person, this was a wonderful, truly compatible and friendly group. The best!" - Aleta and Dave, USA

"Our Megalithomania tour to Egypt and Jordan was everything I wanted it to be and so much more! It was such a special trip shared with a group of like minded souls all interested in searching for the truth about these ancient civilizations. I am an ancient history addict and love to explore alternative theories about the origins of civilization. Hugh Newman, Jim Vieira, Yousef Awyan, and JJ Ainsworth guided and informed our journey every step of the way. It was so special to hear cutting edge theories from experts in the field! I learned a lot and was able to ask many questions, which was so fulfilling! We are definitely booking another Megalithomania tour soon!" - Katy and Jorge Montanez, Mexico/US

"Well what an amazing holiday, still resonating now with me as I'm sure it is with you too. Nobody does it like Megalithomania, thanks to Hugh and Jj, Jim Vieira, the Soul of Egypt team; Amro, Ahmed our wonderful guides; Yousef, Ehab, Adel, we walked betwwen worlds together. Great hotels, opulent dining all in stunning locations and in really good company which meant I may have started that journey alone but it ended with fond farewells to a couple of dozen or so new friends, thanks for putting up with me! " - Tony Chinn, UK

Read Hugh's article about the Giants of Ancient Egypt here or click on the image below.