Travel the World - {EGYPT}
with the Women's Committee
Egypt
May 7-21, 2008
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The Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology invites you to travel with us across the sands of time to the world of ancient Egypt. This trip of a lifetime will be lead by David P. Silverman, Eckley Brinton Cox, Jr. Professor of Egyptology and curator in charge of the Egyptian section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Dr. Silverman is nationally recognized as curator of the recent Tut exhibit that just finished traveling throughout the U.S. with its final stop in Philadelphia and with our Museum’s complimentary Armana exhibit. You can be sure we will explore Tut’s Tomb on our trip!
Making this trip even more spectacular will be our entrée into sites usually closed to the public, as arranged by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. Dr. Hawass, who will share his recent discoveries with us at our Farewell Dinner, is a former student of Dr. Silverman and Penn Museum Board member.
Some highlights include:
- 7 day luxury Nile River Cruise to visit monument sites including Luxor, Thebes, Abu Simbal, Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu and Esna
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4 day stay at the legendary Mena Hotel overlooking the Sphinx
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Extraordinary visit to a working excavation, the Museum’s ongoing dig atAbydos with Penn 2008 field director Dr. Josef Wegner
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Cairo Museum and early Coptic, Jewish and Islamic sites of Cairo
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Memphis, Sakkara, Giza, the great pyramids and the Sphinx
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The legendary Kahn El Khalili bazaar
Don’t miss this spectacular trip. It will be one of our most memorable and something that won’t happen again soon!
To reserve your space today, fill out and return the registration form together with your deposit check of $1,000. For more information, please contact Anna Gniotek of The Women’s Committee at 215-898-9202.
Trip Cost:
Trip Cost per person double occupancy: $6,225.00
Single supplement: 950.00
Price includes coach airfare
Tax deductible Museum donation: $250.00 per person
Egypt/USA departure tax: $175.00 per person
**Optional trip extension per person double occupancy $1,290.00.
Single supplement: $360.00.
Rates Include:
International coach fair on Egypt Air.
All domestic flights within Egypt.
Air conditioned coach travel within Egypt.
2 nights deluxe hotel accommodation in Cairo at either InterContinental Semiramis or Cairo Marriott hotel (based on availability). American breakfast included.
7 nights chartered cruise ship “Sun Azur” (renovated in December 2007).
4 nights deluxe hotel accommodation in Cairo at the famous Mena House Oberoi in the garden section with a guaranteed view of the pyramids. American breakfast included.
All meals as specified in the itinerary, including welcome and farewell dinners.
(12 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 9 dinners)
3 bottles of water daily per passenger, B/L/D.
2 bottles of local beer per passenger at dinner (or ½ bottle of wine).
Special English speaking tour guide will accompany clients from arrival to departure.
All entrance fees.
Egyptian Visa fees
All gratuities to guides, bus drivers and cruise ship personnel.
Rates do not include:
*Tax deductible $250.00 donation to The Women’s Committee.
Accident, baggage and cancellation insurance
Individual transfers, optional excursions, or deviations from the scheduled tour.
Excess baggage charges, immunizations and medical expenses.
Meals and beverages other than those specified as included.
Laundry or valet services, telephone, email, or fax charges.
Room service, other items of a purely personal nature or not specified as included.
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