Private Tour to Cairo and the Pyramids for Cairo Airport Layover Passengers

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1. you will be picked up in an air-conditioned vehicle accompanied by a guide, you will be taken to the Egyptian Museum, situated in the Tahirr Square in Cairo. The museum was first built in Boulak, but in 1891, it was moved to Giza Palace of ‘Ismail Pasha’ which housed the antiques that were later moved to the present building. There are 107 halls in the museum. At the ground floor there are huge statues. The upper floor houses small statues, jewels and Tutankhamen treasures. It is the largest Egyptian antiques museum in the world and houses about 250,000 antique pieces covering the whole history of ancient Egypt, which extends over the past five thousand years. The Egyptian Museum comprises many sections arranged in chronological order.

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2. Further on, proceed to the pyramids of Giza that lies on the west bank of the Nile facing Cairo. On top of Giza plateau rise the three pyramids erected by Cheops, Chepren and Mycerinus, guarded by the mysterious Sphinx which is a mythical statue with the body of a lion and a human head. Five thousand years ago, Giza became the royal burial place for Memphis, the Pharaoh’s capital city. Giza’a three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the 4th dynasty of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. About 2,500 BC, King Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza. On an average, over 2 million blocks of stone was used to build Khufu’s pyramid, and the heaviest blocks were used as the ceiling of Khufu’s burial chamber. Khufu’s son was the next in the royal line who commissioned the building of his own pyramid complex which includes the Sphinx. Each pyramid has a mortuary temple and a valley temple linked by long causeways that were rooted and walled

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Afbestilling

Gratis afbestilling indtil 24 timer før oplevelsen starter, med fuld refusion.

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How it compares in Giza

• Its from-price is 22% below the median of the 1500 dagsture we list in Giza.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Giza

Giza, i udkanten af Kairo, har Keopspyramiden, Sfinksen og et ørkenplateau, der har tiltrukket rejsende i tusinder af år.

Plateauet rummer tre store pyramider, bygget til faraoerne Keops, Khafre og Menkaure, sammen med mindre dronningepyramider og rækker af adelsmænds grave. Keopspyramiden er den sidste af oldtidens syv vidundere, der stadig står, og Den Store Sfinks holder vagt nedenfor, udhugget af grundfjeldet ved siden af Khafres dalstempel.

Top-ranked sights in Giza: Sphinx (Great Sphinx of Giza), Giza Pyramids, Great Pyramid of Giza (Khufu Pyramid).

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