Highlights of Egypt

you will explore the largest two temples in the city of Luxor, which were dedicated to the Theban Triad, Amun, Mut, and Khonsu, the impressive temple of Karnak, and the majestic temple of Luxor. You will visit sites on the West Bank, including the Colossi of Memnon (Known as the singing statues or “The Vocal Memnon”, the Colossi of Memnon are two great seated stone statues representing King Amenhotep III, Decorated with imagery of his mother, his wife and the God Hapi, the statues are 18 meters high and 720 tons each, and both are carved from single blocks of sandstone, )and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut(A daughter of King Thutmose I, Hatshepsut became queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, around the age of 12. Upon his death, she began acting as regent for her stepson, the infant Thutmose III, but later took on the full powers of a pharaoh, becoming co-ruler of Egypt around 1473 B.C. As pharaoh, Hatshepsut extended Egyptian trade and oversaw