Travelling with Jesus and the Pharaohs in Egypt
January 2-14, 2024
Completed
The “Gift of the Nile” boasts the world's largest outdoor museum, spanning millennia of history.
This venture showcases one of the earliest and most enduring civilizations. Egypt’s time obsessed culture exuded confidence and optimism and prepared for life after death. Western civilization is the heir to many of its achievements - math, writing, medicine, sports, and music.
Journey Through Time
From Cairo to Abu Simbel, your attention will be riveted by an enchanting, mysterious, and magnificent land endowed with pyramids, obelisks, temples, sphinxes, and hieroglyphs—all soaked in spirituality.
The Egyptian Coptic Church traces its origin to the martyrdom of the Apostle Mark in 68 CE. For centuries, Egypt’s Coptic churches have held pilgrimage festivals to honour the coming of Jesus and his parents to their villages.
Walk in the footsteps of the Holy Family when they fled to Egypt seeking sanctuary from murderous Herod.
Tour Highlights
You will experience the best of both classical and Christian antiquity:
Adventurous, lengthy Pharaonic itinerary
Sprawling metropolis of Cairo
Largest church in the Middle East
Remote Abu Simbel, in the desert on the shores of Lake Nasser
Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Newly opened, much lauded, Grand Egyptian Museum
4-day Cruise on the Nile (with guided shore excursions)