Saqqara , Memphis and Old Cairo tour depart from Cairo

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You visit the Saqqara and Memphis area, about 27 km's south-west of Cairo. When Memphis was the capital of Egypt, during the Old Kingdom period, Saqqara was its necropolis.The deceased pharaohs, her families menders, and the sacred animals were ceremoniously transported from Memphis to be permanently enshrined in one of the many temples on the site.

Continue the tour to visit of the old Cairo, the church of St-Sergius a 5th-century basilica, built over a crypt where the Holy Family is believed to have stayed. The spectacular Citadel of "Saladin"(Salah al-Din)built in 1183 in the medieval .stronghold tradition, the Mohammed Ali mosque also know as the Alabaster mosque