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Cruising the Nile

LUXOR TO Aswan A New and UniqueRoute 10 DAYS

NILE CRUISE L E D B Y G R A H A M A N D D A W N M I Z O N

Cruising the River of the Hebrews & PharaohsThe World of Abraham, Joseph, Moses
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Cruising the Nile Luxor/Aswan

DAY 1 - Saturday 4th May FLIGHT DEPARTURE Flight departure from Heathrow via Cairo to Luxor. Meals and in-flight services rendered

en-route. On arrival, travel by private coach from Luxor airport to the cruise ship. Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship (LUXOR)

The Nile River is the longest river in OBELISK, LUXOR TEMPLE the world.From its major source, Lake Victoria in east central Africa, the White Nile flows generally north through Uganda and into Sudan where it meets the Blue Nile at Khartoum, which rises in the Ethiopian highlands. From the confluence of the White and Blue Nile, the river continues to flow northwards into Egypt and on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea the length of the Nile is 5584 km (3470 miles).

LUXOR TEMPLE
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Luxor/The Nile Cruising the Nile

DAY 2 - Sunday 5th May EAST & WEST BANKS Temples on the East Bank where the sun rises; and Tombs on the West where

the sun sets; - thus this desert location well reflects the life and resting place ofthe Pharaohs of old...

WEST BANK Colossi of Memnon Statue remnants of an ancient temple some 60 feet high and named by theGreeks after the legendary hero killed at the Trojan wars. Valley of the Kings The land of Thebes (Egypts ancient capital from the 13th to the 30th Dynasty)with 64 Royal Tombs including the famous Tomb of Tutankhamun. Valley of the Queens The Royal Tombs display well-preserved wall paintings of day to day life inancient Egypt and includes Queen Hatshepsuts Tomb.

EAST BANK

Temple of Luxor The city of a hundred gates built by two Pharaohs and dedicated to Amun-Ra.Luxor was the seat of power from 2100 to 750 B.C. Temple of Karnak Claimed to be the greatest place of worship in history - entrance is by theavenue of rams. The English word luxury is derived from th is great city.

Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship

VALLEY OF THE KINGS


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Cruising the Nile Dendara/Qena

DAY 3 - Monday 6th May MOSES WORLD Cruise to DENDERA The Dendera Temple complex, which contains the Temple of Hathor, is one of the bestpreserved temples, if not the best, in all Egypt. The whole complex covers some40,000 square meters and is surrounded by a hefty mud brick wall. The presentbuilding dates back to the times of the Ptolemaic dynasty and was completed by theRoman emperor Tiberius, but it rests on the foundations of earlier buildings dating backat least as far as Khufu (known as the pyramid builder Cheops. In it was found thecelebrated zodiac now in Paris. Sail on to Qena.

Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship (QENA).

TEMPLE OF HATHOR (INCLUDING INSET ABOVE)


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Abydos/Sohag Cruising the Nile

DAY 4 - Tuesday 7th May MOSES WORLD Visit ABYDOS Considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Ancient Egypt. Thesacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples where earlypharaohs were entombed. Today, Abydos is notable for the memorial temple ofSeti I, which contains an inscription from the nineteenth dynasty known to themodern world as the Abydos King List. It is a chronological list showingcartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until Ramesses I,Setis father. The adjacent temple of Ramesses II was much smaller and simplerin plan; but it had a fine historical series of scenes around the outside that laudedhis achievements, of which the lower parts remain. The outside of the templewas decorated with scenes of the Battle of Kadesh. Sail on to Sohag.


A DETAIL IN THE TEMPLE OF SETI 1, AT ABYDOS


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Cruising the Nile Sohag/Asuit

DAY 5 - Wednesday 8th May CRUISING THE NILE Sail to ASYUIT (approx 8 hours)

Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship (ASYUIT).

Egypt - A Jewish Refuge The Hebrews In the Elephantine papyri, caches of legal documents and letters written in Aramaic,document the lives of a community of Jewish soldiers stationed there as part of afrontier garrison in Egypt. They maintained their own temple. The documents coverthe period 495 to 399 BC. The Jews The Bible also records that a large number ofJews took refuge in Egypt after the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah in 597 BC.The Jews that had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and to other countries, returned toJudah. (Jeremiah 40:11-12) However, the population that was left in the land andthose that had returned, fled to Egypt for safety (Jeremiah 43:5-7).

The Holy Family During the reign and brutality of Herod the Great, Joseph took Mary and Jesusinto Egypt as instructed by the angel (Mt 2:13). Thus on their return theprophecy was fulfilled Out of Egypt I have called my Son (Mt 2:15)

SAIL BOATS ON THE NILE
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Asuit/Minya Cruising the Nile

DAY 6 - Thursday 9th May MOSES WORLD Sail to TEL EL AMARNA approx (3 hours) Tel El Amarna Is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site that representsthe remains of the capital city newly established and built by the Pharaoh

Akhen-aten (1353 BC), and abandoned shortly afterwards. The area islocated on the east bank of the Nile River 312 km (194 mi) south Cairo and402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor. The area was also occupied during laterRoman and early Christian times; excavations to the south of the city havefound several struc-tures from this period. In 1887 a local woman digging forsebakh (fuel for a fire) uncovered a cache of over 300 cuneiform tablets (nowcommonly known as the Amarna Letters). These tablets recorded selectdiplomatic correspond-ence of the Pharaoh and were predominantly written in

Akkadian, commonly used in the Ancient Near East for such communication.


AKHENATEM AND NEFERTITI
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Cruising the Nile Beni Suif/Cairo

DAY 7 - Friday 10th May MOSES WORLD

Visit BENI HASSAN and the ROCK-CUT TOMBS asso ciated with Egypts rulers in theMiddle Kingdom - (2055 BC and 1650 BC). On to TUNA EL GEBEL & HERMOPOLISSee the Boundary Stelae of Akhenaten (an upright stone or slab with ancienthieroglyphics); Visit Hermopolis - as a border town it was a place of great resort andopulence, ranking second to Thebes; The city is still a titular diocese in the RomanCatholic and the Coptic Church. Sail on to Beni Suif (approx 7 hours).

Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship TOMB SCENES

DAY 8 - Saturday 11th May JOSEPHS WORLD Visit The Fayoum Oasis See Josephs Canal and Lake created by Joseph protect against the 7 years of famine;See Josephs Grain stores and visit an old mill farm; See mud brick Pyramids atHawara. Sail to Wasta then to Cairo (approx 7 hours)


TOMB ENTRANCE AT BENI HASSAN
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The Flights With Egypt Air from London Heathrow -

LONDON/LUXOR FLIGHTS MS778/62 DEPART 15.00 ARRIVE 23.50 CAIRO/LONDON FLIGHT MS777 DEPART 09.30 ARRIVE 13.35 The Nile has always, and will probably always be a travel corridor for Northern Africa. While theRiver itself flows to the North, into the Mediterranean Sea, the prevailing winds along theNile are to the South. Therefore, for at least the last 5,000 years, the Nile has been a greatroute, with boats drifting North, and raising their sails for the return trip up river. Sodominant is the river that the two ancient sections of Egypt are, confusingly for mostpeople, called Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Upper Egypt is actually Southern Egypt,because it is up river, while Northern Egypt is Lower because it is down river.

The Cruise A NEW ROUTE for cruise boats - styled for a mix of shore site visits, leisure and fellowshipwith ample time to relax on deck and enjoy the rural scenes while drifting on the Nile andits FULL BOARD with a huge variety of food and ample to eat. A sailing journey ofapproxi- mately 440 miles. A few evening talks on the Hebrews and the Pharaohs areplanned which will give insight to the impact of the Hebrews on Egyptian culture that stillcan be wit-nessed today in their language and culture. The Nile river is timeless with littleunchanged on its shores from ancient days - a leisurely voyage of discovery in a floatinghotel through one of the worlds greatest cultures.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA

ALEXANDRIA

CAIRO

JOSEPHS LAKE

BENI HASAN ARMANA

RED SEA

ABYDOS DENDARA LUXOR

cruising the nile river

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