Egypt Tour

Sat, Oct 16: Cairo, Egypt Flew from Doha to Cairo (3 hours 25 minutes) on Qatar Airways. What to do when you arrive in Cairo Airport? Upon arrival into Cairo, the UnchartedX tour company representative will be holding a sign with your name as you enter the baggage claim area. There is an ATM machine…

Sun, Oct 17: Dashur, Egypt Was it bent by design, or a change in plans halfway through? Maybe they went with the lowest bidder? Enter the pyramid, stoop and step down tunnel, then get to a chamber with a stepped, vaulted ceiling. It’s hotter inside the pyramid than outside.

Sun, Oct 17: Dashur, Egypt The Red Pyramid has a large inner chamber with steps to get to a smaller space at the top. It has that same stepped vaulted ceiling. It is the third largest pyramid in Egypt.

Mon, Oct 18: Cairo, Egypt In the Egyptian Museum, there are pieces that show machine marks, and finely crafted granite. Did the Egyptians inherit them? Now check out King Tut’s long toes in the Valley of the Kings, or the underground passageways where the precision stone jars were found under the Step Pyramid in Saqqara.

Mon, Oct 18: Luxor, Egypt Flew on EgyptAir from Cairo to Luxor, a one hour flight.

Tue, Oct 19: Dendera, Egypt Temple of Hathor in Dendera. It’s famous for a stone relief called, the Dendera Lightbulb. Nice, fat columns here, with some original faded colors, even on the ceiling.

Tue, Oct 19: Luxor, Egypt Back in Luxor for a sunset visit to Luxor Temple. See what we did in this Ben UnchartedX livestream.

Wed, Oct 20: Abydos, Egypt Temple of Seti I. Home of massive stone columns, the “king’s list”, and the helicopter hieroglyph.

Wed, Oct 20: Abydos, Egypt The Osirion Temple (or Osireion) is a seemingly out of place, megalithic stone building located behind the Temple of Seti I in Abydos, Egypt. We had a special access via an UnchartedX private tour. The odd part is that the Osirion temple is well under the ground level of the…

Thu, Oct 21: Luxor, Egypt I signed up for the optional sunrise hot air balloon ride over Luxor. It was a $150 and ran from 4:00 AM – 8:00 AM. There were other crazy people who signed up, too. What is the Luxor Hot Air Balloon Ride? The hot air balloon ride run by a…