Cairo, Egypt

December 10-11, 2023
001 - IMG_8512 Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Protection/Statue of the deity Serquet welcoming us upon our arrival at Cairo Airport December 10, 2023...
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002 - IMG_8514 ... let's begin our 11-day December 10-20, 2023 Egypt tour
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003 - P1210021 Cairo 12/11/23 - our day 2 tour starting with a morning guided sightseeing of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC)...
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004 - P1200889 ... opened in 1902, The Egyptian Museum in Cairo exhibits, documents, preserves and promotes artefacts and iconic Ancient Egyptian masterpieces from prehistory...
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005 - P1200894 Cairo Egyptian Museum - ground floor displaying artefacts of the Old-Middle-New Kingdoms, Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods, Third Intermediate Period,...
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006 - P1200897 Coffin of the Queen Ahmose-Meritamun on the Upper Floor of the Cairo Egyptian Museum - Period: New Kingdom; Dynasty: 18th Dynasty – Reign of Amenhotep I...
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007 - IMG_1966 Ahmose-Meritamun was the daughter of the king Ahmosis I and the Great Royal Wife of his brother Amenhotep I - her tomb was discovered by the American...
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008 - P1200926 The Egyptian Museum, upper floor galleries displaying New Kingdom-18th Dynasty artefacts of Yuya and Tuya, Tutankhamun; Tanis treasure, Fayoum portraits, Gods...
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009 - IMG_1986 ... the wooden outer sarcophagus of Yuya, mummy-shape, completely covered with gold leaf and adorned with glass paste; inside the sarcophagus were two Osiriform...
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010 - IMG_1990 ... statuette of a jackal representing the god Anubis (Greek name of a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian...
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011 - IMG_2008 ... Dynasty: 18th Dynasty, Reign of Tutankhamun (1327-1318 BC) - Shrine for canopic vases found in the so-called Treasure Room, with an alabaster container...
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012 - P1200993 Statue of King Khafre - 4th Dynasty King Khafre, about 2520-2494BC – statue discovered in a pit under his valley temple at Giza... Egyptian Museum, Cairo...
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013 - IMG_6937 ... the statue of King Khafre, one of the most iconic sculptures of ancient Egypt, statue made of diorite stone quarried near Abu Simbel; Khafre was the builder...
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014 - IMG_2014 ... taking a picture with artefacts of the sarcophagi and tombs furniture... Egyptian Museum, Cairo 12/11/23
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015 - IMG_2027 ... Statue of the Goddess Hathor with Amenhotep II and painted sandstone Shrine dedicated to Hathor by Thutmosis III - this shrine, with the statue of the...
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016 - IMG_6938 The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the fifth building to house Egyptian antiquities and has had a long and illustrious history, situated on the northeast of the...
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017 - IMG_2034 ... many artefacts have already been transferred to the new Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) and those now still visible at the EMC said to be transferred soon......
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020- IMG_8523 ... next stop - day 2 of our 11-day Egypt tour - The Pyramids of Giza, Cairo - 12/11/2023
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021 - IMG_8516 Cairo, Egypt 12/11/2023 12:45pm
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022 - IMG_8522 Pyramids of Giza, also known as the Giza Necropolis, this complex is considered the oldest of the seven ancient great wonders of the world and the only one that...
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