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Cairo - Menia CAIRO – MENIA
El Menia is a province about 250 km southern from Cairo. Beni
Hassan is an area named by the old Arab tribe, on the eastern
bank of Nile, which has many tombs from the Old kingdom and the
Middle kingdom. Vivid colors marked on the walls 17th century
BC. without having any restorations will make the trip
unforgettable for our customers. Also, our guests will have a
fantastic view from above the hill, where these tombs are.
TEL EL AMARNAH
What we call Amarna, or el-Amarna today was the city of
Akhetaten (The Horizon of the Aten). It was created by Egypt's
heretic king, Akhenaten for his revolutionary religion that
worshiped Aten during the Amarna Period.El amarnah is an
excursion in which the visitor will contemplate the ruins of the
place of 18th dynasty as well as tombs of his nobility that show
a close study of art of the period and how it had been affected
by religious beliefs. Tombs were cut inside the rocks near
mountains. A bus or a jeep makes this visit possible.
TUNA EL GABAL
Tombs of Greek-roman era used to be the necropolis of the
province in ancient Egypt, called by the Greeks Hermopolis
magna. This necropolis would be a good example for seeing this
strange mixture between ancient Egyptian and Greek arts.
Customers will visit tombs of Petosiris, the mummy of Isadora or
ibis birds – tombs.