Full day trip to Abydos and Dendera

Overview

• The temples of Abydos and Dendera are two of the most important ancient Egyptian temples, distinguished by their history and special significance. Abydos was a spiritual center and a city dedicated to the new year of the world beneath, Osiris, and its temple of Seti I is noted for its well-preserved reliefs. Dendera, on the other hand, was a center of worship of the goddess Hehor, and its well-preserved temples and magnificent artwork, as well as its astronomical one.

• Abydos Temple:
• Importance:
• Abydos was a sacred necropolis and a center of worship for Osiris, the god of the underworld and resurrection.

• Its importance The Dendera temple
• complex was a center for the worship of the goddess Hathor, the goddess of love, fertility, and joy.

Itinerary

Temple Of Seti I

• Your professional Egyptologist Local tour Guide will pick you up from your Luxor Hotel / Nile Cruise. And accompany you to visit the memorial temple of king Seti I at Abydos, which was built by Seti I and his son Ramses II for the God Osiris of the afterlife and resurrection. Abydos Temple is one of the most impressive religious structures in Egypt. The fine art reliefs incorporate the Abydos Kings list (showing the cartouche contains the names of the pharaohs of Egypt from the first dynasty to the 19th dynasty), There are seven chapels of Horus, Isis, Osiris, Amon Re, Ptah, Seti I, and Re-Horakhty. At the back of the temple, discover the enigmatic structure known as the Osireion, thought to be the tomb of the god Osiris. After finishing, enjoy free time to explore the temple at leisure

Dendera Temple Complex

• Continue to visit Dendera temple complex. Dendera is one of the best preserved temple complexes in Egypt. The temple was founded by pharaoh Pepi I (2250 BC) and continued until the Greco-Roman time The ceiling of the Dendera Temple has recently been cleaned, in a careful way that removed hundreds of years of black soot, without harming the ancient paint underneath. As a result the spectacular ceiling painting has been exposed in the main hall of Hathor temple, and some of the most vibrant and colourful paintings dating from antiquity are now visible Discover the widely known Dendera zodiac relief, the crypts which was for keeping cult equipment, ar

• Including:
• Start from luxor only
• Duration 8 or 10 hours
• Pick up from hotel or Nile Cruise and return start point
• Private car air conditioner
• Private tour guide English
• Botle of Water

• Excluding
• lunch this options
• tickets
• Tipping to the guide and driver.