Accompanied by an expert Egyptian guide, this singular small group journey through antiquity travels from vibrant Cairo and the Great Pyramids to Abu Simbel and the Upper Nile for a fascinating cruise on Lake Nasser. Then: a classic voyage along the Lower Nile from Aswan to Luxor before returning to Cairo. Highlights include:
- Cairo’s intriguing ancient sites, including the Great Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
- Old Cairo touring
- Renowned Egyptian Museum
- Abu Simbel’s dramatic temples
- Sound & Light show at Abu Simbel
- Lake Nasser cruise through ancient Nubian homeland
- Aswan’s temples at Kalabsha
- Nile felucca sail
- Nile River cruise
- Aswan Dam visit
- Ancient temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor
- Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens
- Egypt’s inestimable historic atmosphere
*Price includes airfare from select cities including Boston and New York. See brochure or contact Odysseys Unlimited for full terms and conditions, including airfare rates for additonal cities.
Day 1: Depart U.S. for Cairo, Egypt
Day 2: Arrive Cairo
Day 4: Cairo
Day 5: Cairo/Aswan/Embark Lake Nasser Cruise
Day 6: Lake Nasser Cruising – Kalabsha Temples/Wadi el-Seboua
Day 7: Lake Nasser Cruising – Wadi el-Seboua
Day 8: Lake Nasser Cruising – Amada/Kasr Ibrim/Abu Simbel
Day 9: Disembark/Abu Simbel/Aswan/Embark Nile Cruise Ship
Day 10: Nile Cruising – Aswan/Kom Ombo/Edfu
Day 11: Nile Cruising – Edfu/Luxor/East Bank
Day 12: Disembark/Luxor/West Bank
Day 13: Luxor/Cairo
Day 14: Cairo
Day 15: Depart for U.S.
Moderate
Faculty
Susan Ackerman is the Preston H. Kelsey Professor in Religion, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. She joined the Religion Department in 1990 after teaching at the University of Arizona and at Winthrop College in South Carolina. She is a specialist in the religion of ancient Israel and the religions of Israel's neighbors (Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan), an interest she first developed as an undergraduate religion major at Dartmouth (A.B., 1980) and continued to explore in graduate school at Harvard (M.T.S., 1982; Ph.D., 1987).
