Tour to Beni Hasan Tel el Amarna from Cairo

Tour to Beni Hasan and Tel el Amarna tombs from Cairo to see a little more than usually people cover in Egypt.

This trip is specially designed for those who is eager to discover new routs and have trip off the bitten path, new places and new experiences are guarantied.

Excursion to Bani Hasan starts in the early morning.

Our guide will pick up you from your hotel and let's take our private a/c van to drive us to Middle Egypt, to the city called el-Minya.

The journey may take up to 4 hours to reach the place.

Beni Hassan is an ancient Egyptian necropolis located approximately 20 kilometers to the south of Minya.

It includes 39 rock-hewn tombs, some of which belong to the Old Kingdom, but the majority are dated to the Middle Kingdom.

Only 12 tombs are decorated and most were left unfinished.

The best examples belong to the local nomarchs (governors) from the Middle Kingdom.

The necropolis is located on the eastern bank of the Nile, overlooking the river valley.

Our tour here includes visit to some opened to general public tombs such as tombs at The Upper Cemetery of Beni Hassan - Currently, four out of the 39 tombs are accessible to the public.

Some of the more well-known tombs at the site belong to Khety (BH17), Baqet I (BH29) and Baqet III (BH15) dating to the 11th Dynasty, as well as Khnumhotep I, Khnumhotep II and Amenemhat dating to the 12th Dynasty.

Our next stop will be at Tel el-Amarna - the site now houses a collection of 25 rock-hewn tombs of government officials decorated with distinguished wall paintings depicting scenes of Akhenaten with his family worshiping the god Aten.

Here 4 tombs are now opened to general public.