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Hurghada day tour, El Mamsha, Close to the Steigenberger Al Dau Resort, Hurghada (2026)

26/10/2025

The Grand Egyptian Museum’s Opening
The Egyptian government announced on 25 October, that Saturday, 1 November, 2025, will be an official paid public holiday across the country in celebration of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s grand opening.

12/09/2025

Memories made at the Red Sea stay in your heart forever!

25/05/2025

The Sound & Light Shows at the Giza Pyramids
The chairman of the Sound and Light Company, an affiliate of the Holding Company for Tourism and Hotels, announced that new Sound and Light shows using Virtual Reality (VR) technology at the Giza Pyramids will start today.
Speaking to Extra News TV channel, Mohamed Abdel Aziz said that this step comes within the framework of developing traditional shows and combining culture with entertainment.
“Visitors will be able to explore Ancient Egyptian civilization and history in an interactive and immersive way through advanced VR headsets,” he said.
“The goal is to enhance the appeal of the archaeological site and increase tourism, offering a modernized, high-quality experience,” he added.
“This development is in line with directives from the Minister of Public Business Sector, in cooperation with the Holding Company for Tourism and Hotels,” according to him.
https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/208859/Sound-and-Light-shows-start-on-Sunday-at-Giza-Pyramids-using-VR?lang=en-us

25/04/2025

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
Situated around 2 km from the Giza pyramid complex, the museum has been partially open since October 2024, with visitors able to explore the 12 main galleries.
And now, after more than two decades of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally set to fully open this July.
Guests will be able to wander the much-anticipated Tutankhamun Galleries as well as Khufu’s Boats Museum.
The Tutankhamun Galleries will contain the full collection of artefacts found within the boy king’s near-intact tomb, which was famously rediscovered by British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922. That amounts to more than 5,000 objects.
Within the Khufu’s Boats Museum, visitors will also be able to see one of the two ships found sealed in a pit part of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the three major pyramids in the area, which served as the tomb for Pharaoh Khufu. A solar barque, it is believed the vessel was created to carry Khufu into the afterlife alongside the sun god Ra, and dates back to around 2500 BC.

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21/04/2025

Sham El Nessim - The Egyptian Spring Festival
In Egypt, the day after Easter is known as Sham El Nessim (Sniffing the breeze), a national celebration that marks the beginning of spring. The festival can be traced back from nearly 4500 years ago when the Ancient Egyptians would celebrate the warm winds returning, which would signal a new growing season. It was known then as ‘Shamo’, meaning a renwal of life. The date of the festival would vary each year and it would be announced the night before at the foot of the great pyramid, when the day of feasting would begin.
“Sham El-Nessim” was derived originally from the pharaonic term “Tshom Ni Sime“, with tshom meaning “gardens” and ni sime “meadows”.
The festival was celebrated through certain foods that were either eaten or offered to the gods to ensure a good harvest would be had that year.
Salted fish (feseekh/fiseekh), a tradition dating back to the times when fish were salted and dried for preservation, coloured eggs symbolizing new life and fertility, termis (lupin beans), lettuce and green onions, are all major foods that are still eaten to this day, as a way to honor their heritage during the festival.
The pharaohs believed eggs represented a regeneration of life. Thus they were boiled and coloured, and then hung in temples.
The use of onions (green onions), apparently comes from the belief that they ward off the evil eye and prevent envy.
Lupin beans and lettuce are harvested just at the end of winter and early spring. They are believed to represent the hopefulness that comes with the spring. Many households may grow a little pot of beans and/or lettuce in anticipation of this holiday.
Egyptians from all religions celebrate together, taking advantage of the pleasant weather by organizing picnics and gathering in parks and gardens. Families and friends come together to enjoy delicious food, play games, and participate in various outdoor activities, creating a joyful and lively atmosphere throughout the day.
Happy Sham el-Nessim!

20/04/2025

Easter Traditions in Egypt
Christianity in Egypt dates back to the 1st century when St. Mark the Apostle came to Egypt to spread the good news of Jesus’ resurrection. Easter Sunday or Holy Pascha, is marked by solemn and joyous celebrations within the Coptic community.
Coptic Christians fast 55 days. They are divided into 40 days of fasting as Jesus did and the Passion Week (or Holy Week) which begins with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem prior to his crucifixion, and ends with Easter Sunday.
Sometimes the date of Easter in Egypt differs from the Western Easter, following the Coptic Christian calendar. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar and is tied to the lunar calendar, which can result in variations from the Gregorian calendar.
The Coptic Easter service typically begins on Saturday night and continues until Sunday morning. It includes psalm readings, sacred hymns, and the lighting of candles, creating a sacred ambiance filled with spirituality and hope. After the service, families and friends come together to celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection with a festive meal. Traditional foods play a central role in these celebrations, with popular dishes including feseekh (salted and dried fish) and Kahk, delicate butter cookies filled with nuts and dates.
One of the most beloved traditions during Egyptian Easter is the painting and eating of colored eggs. This practice dates back centuries and represents new beginnings and the renewal of life.
Warm Easter greetings play a vital role in Egyptian Easter customs. Egyptians exchange heartfelt greetings like “Ekhrestos Anesti” (Christ is Risen) and respond with “Alethos Anesti” (Truly He is Risen).
Coptic Easter Sunday is a public holiday. It is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed.

18/04/2025

Mamsha Ahl Misr - The Walkway of the People of Egypt
The project was initiated in 2019 by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and developed by Egyptian joint stock company City Edge Developments, under the supervision of Egypt’s Ministry of Housing’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA). It aims to create two-level promenades on several segments of the Nile Corniche, equipped with multiple services and facilities, set to become a major recreational and touristic landmark.
The project aligns with Egypt’s Vision 2030, aiming to enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors alike by offering close-up experiences of the Nile. It also aims to increase greenery and improve the urban landscape along the Nile.
The Cairo and Giza segments of the project will be completed in several phases and involve the development of the Nile’s east and west banks in Cairo and Giza along a length of 54km, 37km on the eastern side and 17km on the western.
The first phase of the project was implemented by Arab Contractors and opened in 2022.
It includes an entrance fee to access the lower part of the walkway. The fee will be used to continuously maintain Mamsha Ahl Misr and ensure that it provides a high quality experience for its visitors by the Nile river.
The second phase, stretching for 3.2 kilometers, will run between numerous bridges: Qasr Al-Nil and 6 of October, 6 of October and 15 of May, and Imbaba and Sahel. The third phase, spanning 3 kilometers, will connect Tahya Misr Bridge to Sahel Bridge, as well as Qasr Al-Nil Bridge to Meridian Bridge.
Egyptian, Ahmed Moussa, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, is the sculptor of the colossus figure representing a woman with Nile water flowing through her hands.
https://sis.gov.eg/Story/158795/Mamsha-ahl-Masr-(The-Walk-of-the-People-of-Egypt)?lang=en-us
https://www.facebook.com/mamshaahlmasr

16/04/2025

The Tombs of the Nubian Nobles, Aswan
What looks like a huge sand dune covering a massive formation of Nubian Sandstone at Qubbet el-Hawa (Dome of the Wind), situated on the western bank of the Nile opposite Aswan, is home to one of the most densely occupied cemeteries of ancient Egypt, dating from c. 2500 BCE to Roman Times.
The tomb owners were high officials who were responsible for royal expeditions to the south, between the late Old Kingdom and the early Middle Kingdom. Their tombs are characterized by the autobiographical inscriptions which narrate the journeys to Africa. Some of the burials are very finely decorated and introduce fascinating details of the lives of these nomarchs (`great chiefs`).
The British archeologist Lord Greenville discovered the Tombs of the Nobles between 1885 and 1886 and was the first scientist to explore this important ‎historical site.
Famous is the tomb of Harkhuf (QH34), a high official of the 6th Dynasty, who led trading and military expeditions into Nubia. His tomb contains lengthy descriptions of his pioneering expeditions.Three were made in the reign of Merenre, and one in the reign of his successor, Pepi II. His tomb was at first noticed by Ernesto Schiaparelli, famous Egyptologist and director of the Egyptian Museums in Florence and Turin, Italy, who also discovered the tomb of Nefertari and other important monuments. Schiaparelli published the inscriptions in the Memorie dell’Accademia dei Lincei in 1892.
Harkhuf called himself ‘caravan-leader’ and journeyed with pack-donkeys beyond the Second Cataract. His first journey took seven months. His second appears to have been even more adventurous and he was proud to record that he ‘never had any companion or caravan-leader ...’. Harkhuf had trouble on his third expedition. Some desert tribes were warring with one another, and Harkhuf became involved. Each time he brought back precious products, gold, ostrich feathers, animal skins, ivory, ebony, incense and gum. On his fourth expedition he brought a ‘dancing pygmy’ for his pharaoh, the young Pepi II, who came to the throne at the age of six.
There have been about 100 tombs discovered as of July 2022.

13/04/2025

Deir Anba Samaan
The Simeon Monastery or Monastery of St. Simeon is the name given to the ruins of a Coptic monastery from the 6th century, west of the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan. In earlier Coptic and Arabic sources, the monastery complex was called Deir Anba Hadra after the hermit and later bishop of Syene (now Aswan) Anba Hadra from the 4th century. It was only later that it was named Deir Anba Samaan after Simon (Simeon), a Coptic saint known as Simon the Tanner or Simon the Shoemaker, who lived towards the end of the 10th century. This name was then adopted by archaeologists and travelers for the ruined monastery.
The former monastery is surrounded by a ring wall over six meters high and is flanked by two ten-meter-high towers. Inside, the remains of the monastery buildings, which were erected on two rock terraces of different heights, cover a total area of around 8,500 m².
In the 7th and 8th centuries, the fortress-like monastery was one of the largest Christian complexes in Egypt. More than 300 monks lived there at the time. Muslims had used the ancient monastery as a rest stop during the Hajj season, especially among them were the Moroccan pilgrims heading to the city of Mecca by taking the entire Western Desert. During their stay in Obock, these pilgrims used to engrave their names on the walls of the ancient monastery, and they still exist today.
However, the estate had to be abandoned as early as the 13th century due to constant Bedouin raids and a lack of water supply.
The monastery has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 as part of the “Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae”.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeonskloster_(Assuan)

12/04/2025

KV 14 - The Tomb of Tausert and Setnakht
This tomb in the eastern Valley of the Kings dates from the 19th and 20th dynasties. It is carved deep into the limestone cliffs.
It was originally dug in the 19th Dynasty for Seti II and his Great Royal Wife Tausret. After Seti’s death, his son Si-Ptah ruled jointly with his stepmother Tausret, also known as Tauseretsetepenmut. Tausret’s reign ended in a civil war, documented in the Elephantine stela of her successor Setnakht who founded the 20th Dynasty. When he died after only two years of reign, he was buried in KV11, but his son Ramses III had him reburied in KV14 and kept KV11 for himself. For tomb KV14, this meant that the extensive tomb paintings that had originally been made for Seti II had to be reworked first for Siptah, then for Tausret, and finally for Setnakht, whose full name is Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun. His mummy has never been identified with certainty, although the so–called “mummy in the boat” found in KV35 was sometimes identified with him, an attribution rejected by Aidan Dodson who rather believes the body belonged to a royal family member of Amenhotep II of the 18th Dynasty. In any case the mummy was destroyed in a looting in 1901, thus preventing any analysis of it.
The second burial chamber (J2) contains the 3.25-meter-long sarcophagus of Sethnakht.
A mummy-shaped image of the pharaoh is carved on the lid, flanked by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, a snake, a crocodile, and two human-headed cobras.
Tauserts presence in the Valley of the Kings is intriguing, as queens are typically interred in the nearby Valley of the Queens. Her mummy has not yet been identified.
A mummy-shaped granite sarcophagus bearing the cartouche of Tausret was found in KV13. It was used for the burial of a prince.

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