Fly to JFK to meet up with tour group
Sat, Jan 17 - Arrive Cairo
Hotel is in Heliopolis (aka On where Joseph's wife hailed from)
Sun. Jan 18 - Cairo
Worship
Egyptian Museum: Treasures of Tut-Ankh-Ahmun (aka King Tut), Mummies, Antiquities
Citadel Fortress of Salah-ed-Din, Alabaster Mosque, Sultan Hassan Mosque
Old Cairo: Coptic Church of Abu Sarga, Ben Ezra Synagogue, Coptic Museum
Mon. Jan 19 - Luxor (Nile cruise)
Temple of Karnak: Avenue of Sphinxes, Hypostyle Hall, Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut
Temple of Luxor
Tue, Jan 20 - Valley of the Kings (Nile cruise)
Colossi of Memnon
Esna
Wed, Jan 21 - Edfu, Kom Ombo (Nile cruise)
Edfu: Temple of Horus
Kom Ombo: Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Sobek and Haroeris
Thur, Jan 22 - Aswan (Nile cruise)
Agilkia: Temples of Philae
New High Dam: Lake Nasser
Granite Quarries: Unfinished obelisk
Kitchener's Island
Elephantine Island: Elephantine Papyri were found here
Mausoleum of Aga Khan
Fri, Jan 23 - Aswan to Cairo
Fly to Cairo
Leisure time either in Aswan or Cairo
Sat, Jan 24 - Goshen
Bubastis (aka Pi-beseth of Ez 30:17)
Tanis
Tell el-Daba (aka Rameses of Ex 1:11)
Suez Canal
Lake Timsah
Wadi Tumilat: Tell el-Maskhuta (aka? Pithom), Tell er-Retebah (aka? Succoth)
Sun, Jan 25 - Cairo, Giza, Memphis, Sakkara
Worship
Great Pyramids & Sphinx
Memphis: Alabaster Sphinx, Ramses II statue
Sakkara: Step Pyramid of Djoser
Mon, Jan 26 - Fly from Cairo to NYC
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| My journal for this trip to Egypt. I loved the look and feel. |
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| From Susan (ON) & Joe. It DID come in handy. No lines = more sketching. |
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