From the monuments of the pharaohs to Jordan’s fabled “lost city” of Petra, our journey celebrates the wonders of the ancient world. On a five-day Nile cruise aboard a luxury vessel, we explore Egypt’s spectacular temples and experience the captivating beauty of the Nile as we pass graceful feluccas and villages inhabited since the time of the pharaohs. At Abu Simbel, we see the colossal statues of Ramses II gazing out over the Nile Valley, and at dazzling Petra, we explore a metropolis carved from red sandstone in the 3rd century BC. Our grand finale finds us in the breathtaking desert canyon of Wadi Rum, famed haunt of Lawrence of Arabia.