Egypt Tour

Mon, Oct 25: Aswan, Egypt Philae Temple is on an island in the Nile river. What makes it special? The cats! There’s another island in the Nile River that we visited called Elephantine Island with some ancient artifacts there.

Mon, Oct 25: Aswan, Egypt Wrapping up at Aswan with a visit to a papyrus shop. Here they demo how people supposedly made papyrus in the past. To get the darker brown papyrus, you leave it in the press for a few more days. Then on to a 1 hr 20 min flight from Aswan…

Tue, Oct 26: Abu Sir, Egypt Abu Ghorab, near Abu Sir is closed to the public. By special permission, we were toured this site which is loaded with ancient tool marks. It’s one of my favorite sites because of the variety of stone types and tool marks. It’s also known as: Abu Gorab, Abu Ghurab,…

Tue, Oct 26: Abu Sir, Egypt After an amazing day touring the sites at Abu Sir, it was time for a relaxing dinner in the evening and a visit to the perfume shop. We had a decent BBQ meal on the rooftop of a building. There was lots of space to lay down and some…

Wed, Oct 27: Saqqara, Egypt The Step Pyramid (also known as The Pyramid of Djoser) is a 6 tier structure that was allegedly built during the Third Dynasty for the Pharoah Djoser. It went through a 14 year restoration period, opening to the public in March 2020. We were lucky that our UnchartedX Tour go…

Wed, Oct 27: Cairo, Egypt Went to the best dinner on the trip, a restaurant called “Restaurant Pyramids“. Deliciously grilled chicken, lamb, and beef. It’s near the Giza pyramids, sphinx entrance. Also got a chance to see Yousef’s shop, Kemit Art Shop.

Thu, Oct 28: Faiyun, Egypt A mountain of rocks with a locked gate. There are chambers and a supposed labyrinth but everything is flooded. There’s a ton of pottery shards and stones surrounding the area, so try your treasure-hunting luck out there.

Fri, Oct 29: Giza, Cairo, Egypt The Giza plateau is where the pyramids and Sphinx are located. Menkaure is the third and smallest pyramid there.

Fri, Oct 29: Giza, Cairo, Egypt Located outside the middle pyramid at one end of the causeway toward the Sphinx. It’s made from huge polygonal granite blocks.

Fri, Oct 29: Giza, Cairo, Egypt I love the Sphinx, and always wondered why it looked so worn. Erosion patterns on the Sphinx and the enclosure suggest it was caused by water and is at least 12000 years old per Robert Schoch. I looked, and I would agree. Coincidentally the lion pointed to the constellation…