Tours/Cairo/Tanis or San El Hagar and Suez Canal private day tour
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Tanis or San El Hagar and Suez Canal private day tour

Cairo1 hour

Description

Leave Cairo with your guide for a special private tour to the ruins of the 22nd dynasty with the highest number of obelisks.

Tour Options

Tanis or San El Hagar and Suez Canal private day tour
  • Pickup included

Itinerary

Admission included120 min

drive about 2 hours and half to Al Sharqia province South of El manzala Lake which located on the ruins of the old Capital of Egypt Tanis nowadays is known by San El Hagar which is known in Bible So-An It was established by the end of the 20th Dynasty the become the Capital of Egypt during the period of 21st dynasty , It was the birth Province of the King Smendes the founder of 21st dynasty , During 22nd dynasty was the political capital of Egypt .It was a very important commercial and strategic center but all its population immigrated and left it because it was threatened to be covered by the water of El manzala Lake . There was no any mention for Tanis before the modern kingdom by the opposite of Sa El-Hagar which located next of the western River Nile branch which known by pharaohs by Saaw There are ruins of a number of temples , including the chief temple dedicated to Amun , and Some of the Royal tombs of the third intermediate Period like the tomb of the king psusennes l , Amenemope and Shoshenq ll – which are survived the depredations of tomb robbers throughout antiquity . which were discovered by Pierre Montet and proved to contain a large catalogue of gold , jewelry , lapis lazuli and precious stones including the funerary masks of these kings . the excavation 2009 the Egyptian antiquities counsel excavate the Sacred lake of the goddess Mout temple and so it is considered the second Sacred Lake in Tanis and San El Hagar .

120 min

Drive about 2 hours and half to Al Sharqia province South of El manzala Lake which located on the ruins of the old Capital of Egypt Tanis nowadays is known by San El Hagar which is known in Bible So-An It was established by the end of the 20th Dynasty the become the Capital of Egypt during the period of 21st dynasty , It was the birth Province of the King Smendes the founder of 21st dynasty , During 22nd dynasty was the political capital of Egypt .It was a very important commercial and strategic center but all its population immigrated and left it because it was threatened to be covered by the water of El manzala Lake . There was no any mention for Tanis before the modern kingdom by the opposite of Sa El-Hagar which located next of the western River Nile branch which known by pharaohs by Saaw There are ruins of a number of temples , including the chief temple dedicated to Amun , and Some of the Royal tombs of the third intermediate Period like the tomb of the king psusennes l , Amenemope and Shoshenq ll – which are survived the depredations of tomb robbers throughout antiquity . which were discovered by Pierre Montet and proved to contain a large catalogue of gold , jewelry , lapis lazuli and precious stones including the funerary masks of these kings . the excavation 2009 the Egyptian antiquities counsel excavate the Sacred lake of the goddess Mout temple and so it is considered the second Sacred Lake in Tanis and San El Hagar .

Highlights

Private transportation
Bottled water
WiFi on board
All Taxes
Lunch
Snacks
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees for all sights mentioned in the itinerary
Expert Egyptologist tour guide speaks your language

What's included

Included
Private transportation
Bottled water
WiFi on board
All Taxes
Lunch
Snacks
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees for all sights mentioned in the itinerary
Expert Egyptologist tour guide speaks your language
Not included
Any extra not mentioned in the itinerary
Personal needs
Tipping – recommended

Important Information

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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