Educational and Cultural Expedition to Egypt

Highlights

• Visits in Cairo to the Mosque of Ibn Tulon, The Hanging Church, The Coptic Museum, the Ben Ezra Synagogue, the City of the Dead and the Al-Rifa'i Mosque
• Meet a glass blower in his workshop
• 7 Night cruise on the Nile
• Visits to the Luxor Museum, the Temple of Luxor, the Sound and Light Show at the Temple of Karnak, the West Bank, Hatshepsut Temple, Valley of the Kings and Queens,
• Visits to Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo
• In Aswan visit the Unfinished Obelisk, the High Dam, the Temple of Philae,
• Private tour with the Director of the Nubian Museum where the Director of the Museum and a visit to a Nubian village enjoying tea in one of their homes.
• Visits to the Temples of Dendera and Abydos.
• Private tour to meet and visit with several well-known Egyptian artists
• Visits to several art galleries and the Modern Art Museum.
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What's this trip about?

Cultural Crossroads invites you to experience the rich history, wonderful antiquities and cultural heritage from the ancient world, including the Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, and amazing temples.  We explore Old Islamic and Coptic Egypt and the life and archeological sites along Nile River.  Travelers will visit well-known monuments and museums as well as the lesser-known ones.  We have opportunities to meet and talk with locals about the traditions that they have handed-down through the generations. An example of this is a third generation glass blower in his narrow one room factory and storefront.  It is believed that he has the last surviving glass-blowing workshop in Cairo.  Finally, a trip to Egypt isn’t complete without visiting Luxor’s east and west banks and Aswan, the capital of the south

What's excluded

• International airfare and visas
• Items of a personal nature (hotel extras, laundry, phone calls, faxes, alcoholic beverages, etc.)
• Items not specifically mentioned above or in the itinerary.

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