Upon arrival at Cairo International airport, your guide will be waiting for you with an air-conditioned vehicle. Leave the airport to begin your impressive layover tour. The tour includes the visit to the great archeological sites of Sakkara and Memphis. Sakkara is the main cemetery in the old kingdom period. Beyond your expectations.it is one of the most important archeological sites, in this famous place, you will explore the complex of the oldest of all the pyramids. The Step pyramid, which is 4800 years old, is the first stone structure in Ancient Egypt. You will learn how the great architect Imhotep changed the royal tomb structure. Your guide will accompany you inside one of the tombs dedicated to the nobles. You will see the wall paintings and reliefs reflect the life of the Egyptians thousands of years ago. Amazingly, the ink and colors are still on the walls. Next, the entry to the pyramid of Titi is one of the highlights of the tour as Hieroglyphic texts cover the chamber walls and they date back to 2340 B.C.
Drive later to Memphis. The city was the first and oldest capital of Egypt after the unity of the South and North kingdoms. Enjoy exploring the ruins of the city in the open-air museum where the second largest Sphinx is on display. Stare with wide-open eyes at the colossus of Ramses II. This statue show how the art of sculpture reached the point of perfection at that time 1200 B.C
Surely, your guide will explain the history of each piece on display.