One day tour to Fayoum oasis by a comfortable a/c...
Duration
1 Days
Location
Egypt
Starting From
EGP 7,372
Availability
Flexible Dates
Private air-conditioned transfers
Professional local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Flexible pace and photo stops
Historical landmarks
Cultural sightseeing
Overview
One day tour to Fayoum oasis by a comfortable a/c vehicle to visit unique and almost unknown Hawara Pyramid.
We will go with you out of a bitten track to visit one of a rare visited sites in Egypt Hawara Pyramid and its Labyrinth.
Day tour to a beautiful Fayoum oasis from Cairo is a great way to spend your day out.
Today the pyramid is not accessible, as the chambers are submerged; in Petrie's time when the pyramid was discovered and excavated the burial chamber was nearly half submerged.
Nowadays we can see the pyramid from a distance like a natural plum-pudding hill but in reality it is just a ruinous lump of millions of dark mud bricks (long ago lost its limestone casing).
When we arrive at the pyramid's east side, we pass through the remains of a necropolis, which extends around to the north side.
This area can be explored but we have to beware of deep, vertical tomb shafts.
The pyramid was built to confuse tomb-robbers, with the entrance on the southern (instead of the usual northern) side and an intricate arrangement of internal passages.
When Petrie entered the pyramid in the 19th century, he found 2 sarcophagi, one for Amenemhat III and one for his daughter, Nefru-Ptah, who died suddenly while her father was still alive.
But the Hawara Pyramid is actually famous for another structure, is believed to be buried away from the foot of the pyramid to the south.
It is the Labyrinth, of which today is little to see: a few fragments of granite and limestone lotus columns litter the empty moonscape.
It is believed until now that the Labyrinth was the mortuary temple of Amenemhat III.
The pyramid got its fame when in 1888 professor Petrie discovered the first of the famous Fayoum Portraits in the tombs around the pyramid.
Itinerary
Day 1
08:00 Pick up from your Cairo hotel.
Day 2
08:15 Transfer by a/c van to Fayoum.
Day 3
10:00 Hawara Pyramid excursion.
Day 4
12:00 Lunch in a local restaurant in Fayoum.
Day 5
13:30 Short city tour.
Day 6
14:00 Back to Cairo.
Highlights
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