One of our favourite destinations is Abydos and this special trip allowed for time to explore many sites a bit further afield from the city itself. Our tour began in Luxor where we had rooms at The Old Winter Palace, Garden Pavilion Wing. Our first visit was the Valley of the Kings with included tickets […]
Missing Tombs – Tour highlights
The search for the ‘Missing Tombs’ began in Cairo at the Giza Plateau Based at the Steigenberger Hotel we headed straight off to the Giza Plateau with the chance to enter pyramids, and the newly opened mastabas of Ka and Idu. After a quick break it was off to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization […]
Nefertiti and Nefertari – Tour highlights
The Nefertiti and Nefertari, Bill Manley adventure began in Cairo with a full day in Saqqara. For many this was the first trip to Saqqara since the opening of the Step Pyramid interior, so it was high priority. The walkway, dating from the 26th Dynasty, to the central shaft, allows for a grand view of King […]
Green and amber list countries merge…..
EGYPT IS BACK On October 4th the green list and amber list countries merged to become ‘Rest of the World’ and Egypt is now on that list. The Foreign Office allows travel to the areas of Egypt that we visit. We are now looking forward to a very busy 2022. We would like to thank you […]
Online Amarna Fund Raiser – a great success
Dr Andrew Bednarski Reports On behalf of everyone at the Amarna Trust and the Amarna Project, I’d like to thank Ancient World Tours for its generous sponsorship of the July 17th fundraiser and study day. Thanks are also due to Dr. Chris Naunton, for his remarkable skill hosting the event, and to Prof. Barry J. […]
Pyramid Explorer November 2019 – tour review
Once again Pyramid Explorer lived up to its name. Thanks to Colin Reader for taking us inside many pyramids, to Medhat Saad for guiding throughout, and to all Ministry of Antiquities Inspectors who accompanied us. A big thank you to Dr Ali Bek Elsilihdar for guiding us around the rarely visited sites of Abu Ghurob and Abu Sir. […]
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Luxor Press Conference 19th October 2019
The most recent AWT Missing Tombs Tour was lucky enough to be in Luxor the day of the press conference announcing the discovery of 30 coffins in a cache at Asasif. […]
Artisans and Architects 2018 – tour highlights
This brand new tour was aimed at a look at the officials and artisans responsible for creating well-known monuments.
Egyptologist Dr Campbell Price had suggested the theme and planned to show our group some exciting new sites on our journey. […]
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Asasif Special 2019 – tour review
Most of us at some point have made the walk from Hatshepsut’s Temple at Deir el-Bahri to the car park; some have even ventured in to the tombs of Pabasa, Ankhor and Kheruef. Few though have ever had the chance to enter the incredible Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Dynasty tombs of Asasif. […]
Abydos Explorer 2018 – tour review
….Back to the cars and a drive across the desert to ‘Anubis Mountain’ and the Tomb of Senusret III cut into the hillside. An adventure for those with no worries of claustrophobia.We took the descending passage to the vaulted chambers before taking the robbers’ passage past the sarcophagus […]