Pharaoh Hotel

... and the only one to remain largely intact. It is believed the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu. Egyptian Museum of Antiquities - Extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, most on ...

May 5 Pharaoh's Revenge Memory moment of the day: Trust me, you don't want to know. We got up early this morning for Graciela's train. In the lobby, we met Javier from Chile in another of those hostel serendipitous happenings. He had come from Jordan, and ...

... or something. She was going to go to the gym and asked if I wanted to go so I said yes. The place was called Pharaoh's Club and was located in the Wafi Mall area. Apparently it's a really prestigious club where no one can just sign up for. They do ...

... with ensuite office, 1 1/2 baths, a dining room, walk-in closet, and a huge bedroom. Ivan takes the historical tour of the hotel, while I watch the pyramids from one of three balconies. In the evening we go to the Sound & Light Show at the Giza ...

We arrived into Melbourne and checked into our hotel in the swanky neighbourhood of South Yarra and Toorak, and hopped on a tram into the city to explore. We did our by now traditional Lonely Planet walking tour, which was great, taking us down many of ...

... asked if I was ok and I could barely answer. Needless to say, the driver went a bit slower after that. We made it to the hotel without further incident and then went to a restaurant on the Nile for dinner. It is now time for bed as we have an early ...

... the highlight of the complex, the step pyramid of Zoser.    Zoser (Djoser, Zhoser, Netjerikhet) is the most famous pharaoh of Egypt’s Third Dynasty and rules from approximately 2635-2610 BCE.  To put this in perspective, by the time ...

... changed her name to Hatshepsu (male version of her name) and had statues of herself with a beard and masculine features. Also as the pharaoh is supposed to be a god on earth she made up a story about her being the lover of the god of fertility so that as ...

... of limestone. We saw many highlights in each temple, but my favourite has to be the obelisk of Hatshepsut. The only woman pharaoh to rule, Hatshepsut piggy-backed on her nephew’s right to the throne until ultimately she ruled alone, claiming to be ...

... the temple has been thoroughly vandalised: by Akhenaten who removed references to Amun; by later pharaohs, disapproving of a female pharaoh***, who removed Hatshepsut's name where they could; by Christians, who used it as a monastery, and removed most ...

... of ruined temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings, notably the Great Temple of Amen, a massive structure begun by Pharaoh Ramses II. Although construction of the temple began in Middle Kingdom, alteration and additions were made to it by ...

... valley, which had strange paintings like stick figures. All the tombs in Egypt are unfinished, since the workmen keep building until the Pharaoh dies. To finish before he died would indicate they are just waiting for him to die, and after his death they ...

... 1458 BC) – one of the few women pharaohs of ancient Egypt.  After her father died her half-brother became pharaoh and Hatshepsut married him becoming Great Royal Wife then giving birth to a daughter named Neferure.   When her husband ...

... galleries which house 1,700 items from his tomb located in the Valley of the Kings.  “Tut” was a comparatively insignificant pharaoh who ruled for only nine years and died at the age of 19.  We see his death mask (which is made of ...

... and sculptures on the walls, depicting the pharaohs war success, offerings to the gods etc. Very frequently however, as soon the pharaoh died, his successor would decide that the tomb that 'dad' had been building for years before his death, would be ...

... is what was performed only once, on the beach of Lake Nasser, and for a limited and very select audience. Sander played the pharaoh, Jasper took the other roles. A typical day of a pharaoh. Narrator. Egypt, 1336-1327 BC In one of the wealthiest ...

... limb). Walking pass the third pylon, we see the tallest obelisk in Egypt.  This obelisk was erected by a female Pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut.  To legitimize her authority, Queen Hatshepsut claimed to have been fathered by the god, Amun, and ...

... of our compensation packet from Hamis Travel Services, we had received a discount on a hotel and had chosen Pharaoh's Hotel, a 3 -star hotel, because of their brochure. Somehow I have never gotten the hang of advertising and was surprised to find that ...

... about their President’s intransigence in office and the brutal work of the security apparatus.  Some joked that they had a new Pharaoh, Hosni the 1st.  He is over 82 years old and has been in power for over 30 years. Until now he has ...

... believed the 10 meters of the base was lost during shipment from Egypt. The hieroglyphics on the Obelisk describes the victory of the pharaoh and a sacrifice to the god of the sun Amon-Ra in which the pharaoh kneels at the foot of the god. Constantine ...

... headdresses, the golden chariots, the immense golden sarcophaguses (sarcophagi?) and many other stunning artifacts salvaged from the young Pharaoh's tomb, all created to ensure his safe passage to the Afterlife. The sandstorm didn't impede our visit ...