Cruising the Nile

Beginning in Cairo we had the opportunity to discover Step Pyramid of King Djoser. Admire the oldest pyramid in Egypt, built 4,700 years ago by the legendary architect Imhotep.

Pyramid of Unas - is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the fifth dynasty. It is the smallest Old Kingdom pyramid, but significant due to the discovery of pyramid texts, spells for the king's afterlife incised into the walls of its subterranean chambers. Inscribed for the first time in Unas's pyramid, the tradition of funerary texts carried on in the pyramids of subsequent rulers, through to the end of the Old Kingdom, and into the Middle Kingdom through the coffin texts that form the basis of the Book of The Dead,

Serapeum – not frequented by tourists very often, was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis. It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis,

Tombs of nobles including the Tomb of Mereruka - Mereruka was buried in a mastaba to the north of the pyramid of Teti in Saqqara. Reflecting his status, it is among the largest in the Teti cemetery, and among the most exquisitely decorated tombs of the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC) and the Pyramid of Teti, which boasts one of the oldest pyramid texts ever discovered. Wrap up your sightseeing in Saqqara with a visit to the Imhotep Museum.

Great Pyramid and Sphinx

Pyramid of Teti