Depart the USA on an overnight flight.

You will be welcomed at the Cairo airport by our representative and transferred to your hotel to enjoy dinner before retiring for the night.

After breakfast, head to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum. This museum is home to over 120,000 ancient Egyptian antiquities, with a representative amount on display. Later, visit the Pyramids of Giza, one of the only existing Wonders of the Ancient World, and the nearby Great Sphinx of Giza, the largest and most well-known Sphinx.

Following breakfast, take a bus to Egypt's administrative and funerary heart. Visit Memphis, which was the administrative capital of Egypt through most of its history and was mentioned in the Joseph narrative when he took as his wife the daughter of the “Priest of On (Memphis)” (Gen 41:45). Then visit the Saqqara and the artistic masterpiece of the Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser and the Pyramid of Unas with the earliest recorded pyramid texts. Then, explore Dahshur with its famous Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid.

Depart Cairo and travel the route of the Exodus through the Wilderness of Shur. Learn about the terrain and the history of this region en route as you stop at Marah (Springs of Moses), the Wilderness of Sin, and further to the south, the Oasis of Feiran. Arrive in the afternoon at your hotel in Sinai (Mount Horeb). Those who desire and are physically capable will depart for a memorable walk up Mount Sinai. You may choose to ride a camel partway, stop at one of the stations to take in the scenery along the climb to the summit (750 steps), and enjoy a sunset to remember.

Visit St. Catherine’s Monastery, which is claimed to have been built around the area of Moses’ Burning Bush. Fly back to Cairo and then on to Aswan this evening.

This morning, visit the unfinished obelisk and the Temples of Philae, where you will visit the Great Temples of Isis and Hathor. Then, visit Elephantine, where you can see the village where the Israelites settled after fleeing Nebuchadnezzar II following the assassination of the puppet governor Gedaliah. At Elephantine, you will see the remnants of the Israelite town and the relic of one of the few Temples of Yahweh that were ever made. Drive to Luxor this afternoon.

This morning, board a bus and travel to Karnak. In the afternoon, visit the Karnak Temple, which was built over 2000 years ago and is the largest religious building ever constructed, and see the famed Hypostyle Hall, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, the temple of Amun, the Granite Scarabeus, and the Sacred Lake. Then, visit the magnificent Temple of Luxor, which has an avenue of sphinx statues and mighty monumental columns. After dinner, visit the Luxor Museum and the Luxor Souk to take in the local ambiance of the city.

This morning, visit the magnificent Valley of the Kings, the nearby Valley of the Queens, and the Tombs of Nobles. See the elaboratel decorated tombs of the Kings of the 18th and 19th dynasties and learn how the Nobles’ tombs relate to our understanding of the Biblical narrative. In Luxor, cross the river to visit the vast burial city called the Necropolis of Thebes this afternoon, located on the West Bank of the Nile. Your visit will take you to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, the Ramesseum, and the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, where much of the symbolism from the Bible comes together.

Return to the USA.