BREAKFAST ON BOARD.
THEN YOU WILL TRANSFER TO VISIT THE WEST BANK.
VALLEY OF THE KINGS & QUEENS.
THE RULERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH, NINETEENTH, AND
TWENTIETH DYNASTIES OF EGYPT’S PROSPEROUS NEW
KINGDOM (C.1550–1069 BC) WERE BURIED IN A DESOLATE
DRY RIVER VALLEY ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE ANCIENT
CITY OF THEBES.
LUNCH ON BOARD.
THEN YOU WILL TRANSFER TO VISIT THE EAST BANK.
LUXOR TEMPLE: UNLIKE MOST OTHER ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEMPLES, IS NOT
LAID OUT ON AN EAST-WEST AXIS, BUT IS ORIENTED
TOWARDS KARNAK. THIS IS BECAUSE LUXOR TEMPLE WAS
THE MAIN VENUE FOR ONE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS.
KARNAK TEMPLE: THE KARNAK TEMPLE DATES BACK FROM AROUND 2055 BC
TO AROUND 100 AD. IT WAS BUILT AS A CULT TEMPLE AND
WAS DEDICATED TO THE GODS AMUN, MUT, AND KHONSU.
LUNCH & DINNER ON BOARD