EGYPT, BIBLE, ISRAELITES AND JEWS
Led by Jacob Shoshan
February 18-28, 2024
Join us and our tour guide Jacob Shoshan, as we travel in time and sail along the mighty
Nile River, tracing Jewish history in the Eastern Sahara Desert. Discover 3,800 years of the
unique relationships between two civilizations that have shaped the world as we know it today.
Sun, Feb 18: Arrival in Cairo, Egypt’s capital set on the Nile River.
Transfer to the hotel.
Group orientation. Dinner in the hotel. O/N CAIRO
Mon, Feb 19: Visit Sadat’s Tomb and proceed to visit the Egyptian museum which houses
the largest collection of the Pharaonic antiquities in the world from the
treasures of Tutankhamun and ancient jewellery.
Lunch
Continue to the Saladin Citadel and the Mohammed Ali Mosque.
Proceed to Khan EL Khalili, the old Bazaar and walk through its narrow
lanes. O/N CAIRO
Tue, Feb 20: Visit the National Museum of the Egyptian Civilization presenting artifacts,
mummies and art work from prehistoric times to the present day.
Walk the streets of the Old Cairo district to see the Hanging Church, one of
the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century.
Continue to view the Ben Ezra Synagogue, the site of the famous Cairo
Geniza which consisted of documents written primarily in Hebrew,
Judeo-Arabic and Aramaic which illuminated much of Jewish and ancient
history.
View the Shaar HaShamayim Synagogue, Egypt’s largest, built in 1899 in a
style evoking Egyptian temples.
Dinner at the hotel. O/N CAIRO
Wed, Feb 21: Visit Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt. Continue to Saqqara, the great
necropolis of the old Kingdom where the first pyramid was built 100 years
before the Giza ones, known as the Step Pyramid.
Visit the tomb of Princess Idut and proceed to the Giza plateau, where the
great Pyramids are, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Travel to the airport for the flight to Aswan. O/N ASWAN
Thu, Feb 22: Transfer to Aswan Airport to fly to Abu Simbel.
Visit the temples of Pharaoh Ramses II and of his wife, Nefertari with its
beautiful hieroglyphics. Fly back to Aswan.
Visit the High Dam on the Nile River, Egypt’s amazing modern construction.
Dinner in the hotel. O/N ASWAN
Fri, Feb 23: Visit the Granite Quarry with the Unfinished obelisk. Sail by Felucca around
the Elephantine Island, site of a Jewish military colony and a Hebrew Temple
dating back to the 6th Century.
Visit the Botanical Gardens and the Nubian Museum dedicated to the
history of Nubia, the area that stretches from Aswan in the north through
the Sudan in the south.
Embark the Nile Cruise Ship to welcome Shabbat.
Lunch and Dinner onboard. O/N ONBOARD
Sat, Feb 24: Once the ship docks at Kom Ombo, disembark and walk over to the nearby
double Temple of Kom Ombo.
Lunch and Dinner onboard. O/N ONBOARD
Sun, Feb 25: Sail to Edfu to visit the Temple of Horus, considered to be among the
best-preserved temples in Egypt.
Continue sailing by way of Esna to Luxor.
Lunch and Dinner onboard. O/N ONBOARD
Mon, Feb 26: Disembark the cruise ship. Visit the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank
of the Nile River, including the tomb of Tut Ankh Amon. See the two
Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari.
Return to Luxor.
Dinner at the hotel. O/N LUXOR
Tue, Feb 27: Visit the Karnak Temple, the largest complex of its time ever built developed
over a thousand years. We will see cartouches of some of the Hebrew towns
which were conquered by the Pharaohs. Continue to the Luxor Temple.
Early dinner.
Fly to Cairo. O/N CAIRO
Wed, Feb 28: Transfer to Cairo International Airport for the flight back home.
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Price for land arrangements only: USD 3995 per person in a double room
***EARLY REGISTRATION UNTIL JUNE 15th: USD 3945 per person in a double room***
Single supplement (Double room for Single Occupancy): USD 1015
Price is based on minimum participants
Price for airfare Tel Aviv-Cairo-Tel Aviv including airport taxes: USD 805
(Based on airfares and airport taxes in effect at time of publication and subject to change)
People joining us from abroad should meet us in the hotel Cairo or at the Cairo International Airport
Deposit: USD 900 with registration, of which USD 450 is non-refundable.
Remainder of payment is to be paid by Oct 10, 2023. Please register promptly as our trips fill quickly.
Cancellation fees:
Oct 1-Dec 31, 2023...… .…......….................25%
Jan 1-25, 2024…….……...…………..….….50%
Jan 26, 2024 -Departure.………..........…100%
Trip includes:
• Led by the tour guide, Jacob Shoshan
• JHS Tour escort hotel
• Local English speaking tour guides
• 7 nights accommodation in 5 star hotels H/B; 3 nights on a Nile Cruise F/B
• Local transport by bus and boat
• 4 Domestic flights in Egypt
• Entrance fees according to itinerary
Not included in the price:
• Obligatory health and cancellation travel insurance (which also covers Covid)
• Tips USD 160 (including tips on the boat)
• Visa fees
Program subject to change: All rights are reserved by Jewish Historical Seminars to make
staff substitutions if necessary and/or make changes to the program and conditions as
required by force majeure, including cancellation of the trip at any time due to drastic
changes in the situation. Participants are reminded that weather conditions cannot be
predicted and cancellations or changes to visits may be unavoidable.
Each participant needs to be vaccinated against COVID.
Further information: Contact Debbie:Tel: 972.2.534.5191, Cell: +972.54.2212503 Fax: 972.2.5700005
Email: JHSeminars@gmail.com. www.JewishHistoricalSeminars.com
The trip is run in conjunction with Ayala Travel and Tours, Jerusalem,