Egypt Online Tour

18/03/2025

Discover how many tombs in the Valley of the Kings, their history, famous burials, and ongoing discoveries in Egypt’s most iconic royal necropolis.

23/02/2025

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Enjoy your best Luxury Egypt tours with Nile cruise With the best experts in travel, entertainment, and history, Egypt Online Tower

20/02/2025

Museum of Islamic Arts !

This museum (MIA) has a collection of over 103,000 artifacts which was amassed starting in1880 on the orders of Khedive Ismail Pasha who asked that archaeological rarities from the Islamic era be gathered and preserved. The art is displayed in collections according to the historic era. The museum came to its present building in 1903 and has continued to expand its collection through purchases, donations and excavations.
The scope of the collection also expanded to include pieces from throughout the Islamic world and from the 7th century to the end of the 19th century. The pieces are displayed in 25 halls and an archaeological garden. The work is displayed in chronological order from the Umayyad, Mamluk, Ottoman eras to groups of work from the same country like Turkey and Persia. There are also themed sections according to the type of art like funeral art, epigraphy, calligraphy, glassware, metal work and astronomy. Among the highlights there are panels which survived from the Western Palace of Al Kahira Palace; mihrabs of the tombs of Sayeda Ruqayya and Sayeda Nafeesa as well as carved wooden caskets and brass candlesticks from the Ayyoubid period. You can see Mamluk enameled mosque lamps and pieces of furniture from the various eras. There is a collection of Iranian and Turkish carpets and a 19th century fountain from Rhoda Island's Monasterli Palace.
There are ceramics, textiles, stones, lacework, filigree, seals, weights, copper, gold and silver.

30/12/2024

Our value guest during Giza pyramids day tour

30/12/2024

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8 Days Cairo to Abu Simbel and Back Overland: Explore Egypt's wonders! From the pyramids to Abu Simbel, cruise the Nile and uncover ancient magic. Book now!

30/12/2024

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Talking about the architectural achievements of Ancient Egypt am not tired of hearing about it. They are traces of conscience and wonderful to watch Let us see

20/05/2024

• Discover the enchanting history of Egypt on this private day tour to the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, and Saqqara.
• and get ready to enjoy a private guided day tour from Aswan to Luxor day tours accompanied by our professional tour guide. We will pick you up from your Aswan hotel after ending your Aswan day tours and then you will be transferred by a private air-conditioned vehicle to Luxor. We will start this trip while visiting the Valley of Kings, the final resting place for Egyptian rulers from the eighteenth to the twentieth dynasty. There were innumerable kings that were buried in this valley. Here you will tombs encompassing the great Pharaoh Ramses II and boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• Discover a part of Egypt that most first-time visitors miss on a private day trip to the Abu Simbel temples from Aswan. You'll stay cool and skip the hassle of car hire with private, air-conditioned transport, and enjoy the chance to ask as many questions as you like to your private guide. Plus, you'll enjoy the freedom to make tweaks to your itinerary.

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15/05/2024

The Giza Pyramids
stand 13km from Cairo's city center, visible from many parts of the city. Three pyramids, the Great Sphinx, minor tombs, a workers' village and several ancient cemeteries make up the archaeological site on the Giza plateau. They are one of the Seven Wonders of the World, a UNESCO site and the one attraction you should see if you have time for nothing else while in Cairo. The pyramids were built as burial tombs for three generations - the grandfather, Khufu was buried in the Great Pyramid; his son, Khafre is buried in the second pyramid and his son Menkaure was buried in the smallest of the pyramids. The Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Cheops or Pyramid of Khufu) was built in approximately 2560-2540BC. This is the largest and best preserved of the pyramids made of about 1,300,000 blocks each weighing between 2.5 tons and 15 tons and reaching a height of 137 meters. There are a number of tunnels and burial chambers in this pyramid and the others. Visitors enter the pyramid into a narrow tunnel with a low root so that you have to remain bent over while ascending a flight of stairs to the burial chambers. In front of the Great Pyramid is the Boat Museum which houses an ancient royal vessel which was discovered dismantled in a pit south of the pyramid. The boat (and another boat which remains in a different pit) would have been used as a funeral boat or as a symbolic solar bark for the king to use in his afterlife.The boat has been painstakingly restored and reconstructed. The Pyramid of Khafre (Pyramid of Chephren) is smaller than the Great Pyramid and recognizable by the original casing stones at the peak of the structure. It was built as a burial chamber for the 4th Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre who ruled c.2558-2532BC. This pyramid stands 136 meters tall but is on a higher part of the plateau so appears to be taller than the Great Pyramid. The burial chamber in this pyramid is below ground and reached via a passageway which descends at a 25° angle. The burial chamber holds a black sarcophagus. The Pyramid of Menkerinos (Pyramid of Mykerinos) is the smallest of the three pyramids.
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14/05/2024

Hanging Church
This church is also called El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, the Suspended Church and St. Mary Church. The church gets its name from its location built on the gatehouse of the former Roman fortress with its nave suspended over a passage. Wood and stone were used to place on top of the Roman ruins a foundation for the church. The church was constructed in the 7th century and has been rebuilt several times. From 7th-13th century the church was the residence of the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria. Visitors enter through an ornate gateway into a courtyard with beautiful mosaics. From here there are 29 steps leading up to the church entrance. The church is unique in that it has an ark-shaped timber roof.
Within the church there are three sanctuaries dedicated to St. George; the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. There is a painting of the Virgin Mary which is related to a famous local legend.
Every inch of the walls is decorated with intricate patterns. The church also has a section in the south-eastern corner with three more sanctuaries and a baptistery. This is the oldest part of the church. Above the altars are painted stone canopies or baldachins. The church has a unique wooden (iconostasis) sanctuary screen decorated with geometric patterns in ivory and ebony and topped with precious icons. In total there are 101 icons in the church; the most precious and oldest is the 8th century Coptic Mona Lisa. The church's marble pulpit dates back to the 5th century; the pillars of the pulpit represent the 12 disciples with one grey representing doubting Thomas and one black representing Judas.
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13/05/2024

Khan el-Khalili
Although there are several markets (souk) in Cairo Khan el-Khalili is the largest and most exciting. The souk attracts tourists as well as locals coming to do their regular shopping. This is the place where you will really see a slice of genuine Cairo life and get some amazing photos.
The site where Khan el-Khalili now stands was originally part of the Fatimid Great Eastern Palace complex which was begun in the first century. By the 14th century, during the reign of Mamluk Sultan Barquq his Master of Stables destroyed the Fatimid mausoleum and cemetery to create a large khan or caravanserai - a place for merchants and their wares. The khan was at the heart of the commercial city and great buildings like the Al-Azhar Mosque and al-Hussein Mosque were built nearby. The area around the khan became a center for foreign trade including slave trading. The last Mamluk Sultan al-Churi made changes to the layout of the souk in the 16th century adding monumental gates and streets which crossed the main street of the souk; each street specialized in a particular trade. As you walk through the labyrinth of lanes today you can still see elements of the original architecture like the gates and vaulted ceilings. The souk is comprised on a number of narrow alleyways lined on both sides with store fronts displaying their wares hanging in front and above the stores. There are workshops with traditional tradesmen like blacksmiths, shoe makers and seamstresses as well as stores selling food, souvenirs, belly dancing costumes, household items, clothing, spices, perfume, jewelry, antiques, gold, hookers (hubbly bubbly/shisha) and copper pots. You will also find small coffee shops and restaurants like the famous Fishawi Café established in 1773.
While at the market don't forget to bargain.