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Saqqara and Dahshur Pyramids Tour

Saqqara step pyramid and Dahshur pyramids The Red pyramid, The bent pyramid and Amenemhat black pyramid ( Well known as the Chocolate pyramid ) are on the top of any requested tours to understand ancient Egyptian pyramids history, Saqqara and Dahshur Pyramids Tour to visit Kagemni mastaba, Heb Sed trentennal building, Imhotep museum and more things to see

Worldtouradvice tour Representative will pick you from your hotel or from Cairo airport ( We can arrange also the flights tickets and the airport transfers if you want to make the tour from other cities in Egypt, not from Cairo )
You will drive to Saqqara area accompanied by private professional English speaking tour guide ( expert in Egyptology ), you will visit the area of Saqqara where you will see the step pyramid which was built for king Zoser, you will see the Heb Sed festival buildings, the false tomb, the south and north houses, You will see also during the tour Userkaf and Unas tombs.
There are few mastaba ( tombs with colored walls ) in the area , You will visit Kagemni tomb , and if you want to add Mereruka tomb you will pay extra for it, the same for the Serapium is with extra ticket.
( This mean you can choose your tour budget if it will includes also the mastaba of Mereruka or the Serapium or all of them )
Then proceed tour to see the breathtaking Dahshur pyramids, entry in the red pyramid is included, visiting both Saqqara step pyramid and Dahshur bent pyramid is very important for tourists who want to understand how ancient Egyptian were able to build a real pyramid looking like Giza pyramids, Note that the red pyramid in Dahshur is belonging to Snefru Cheops's father and it was the first real pyramid ever erected in the world
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More info about Saqqara pyramid complex

Saqqara is the big cemetery which is located about 30 kilometers south of Giza pyramids, it was the cemetery of Memphis ,Memphis was built by king Narmer Mena about 3300 BC to be the first capital of all Egypt after the unification between Upper and Lower Egypt, and starting from the third dynasty Saqqara became the necropolis of Memphis.

The first thing to be build in Saqqara was the step pyramid belonging to king Zoser, The step pyramid is also the first pyramid ever built in all Egypt, it is also the first time to use the stones for constructions in Egypt, before the step pyramid in Saqqara Egyptian used to use the wood and the mud for constructions.

But starting from the time of Zoser all tombs were built by stones not mud and wood , and pharaohs started to build their tombs as pyramids not as Mastaba, and the mastaba became the tomb of nobles and members of royal family ( Mastaba is a rectangular building used as tombs for kings and nobles before building the pyramids )

In Saqqara You can spend half day visiting the step pyramid, the heb sed festival building , and one mastaba, or You can enjoy a tour of one day visiting the museum of the first known engineer in all the world Imhotep, He was the enginerr who suggested for king Zoser to build his tomb as a step pyramid and to build it from stone, Imhotep also suggested that he make a replica ( little model ) of the royal building of the Heb sed feast, he built it around the step pyramid.

In Saqqara pyramid complex You can also visit the mastaba of Mereruca, Kajemni , You can enter in Teti pyramid and going to visit the Serapium ( Mereruca and Serapium are with additional ticket )