Your Egyptologist tour guide will pick you up from your Nile Cruise / Hotel in Luxor in a half day tour to visit Luxor museum, inaugurated in 1975. The wonderful museum has a well-chosen collection of antiquities dating from the Middle Kingdom (2055 BC c. 1650 BC) and continued through to the Mamluk period in Egypt (12501517 ad), mostly gathered from the Theban temples and necropolis. There is a new extension to Luxor museum "the Glory of Thebes" inaugurated in 2004, there are two royal mummies of Ahmose I and Ramses I of the New Kingdom (1570 1050 BC), some fantastic collection dating back to the time of the New Kingdom.
Continue the tour to visit Luxor Mummification museum, opened to the public in 1997, the small museum displays human and animal mummies, tools used in the mummification process, explaining the art of mummification, a practice believed by the ancient Egyptians to be a critical part for the eternal life, examples of the types of objects traditionally buried with the dead.
After finishing, you will be transferred to your Nile Cruise / Hotel in Luxor.
Luxor Museum And Mummification Museum Private Half-Day Tour
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Tour Information
Key Details
- Mobile Voucher Accepted
- Hotel pickup Available
- Duration: 4 Hrs
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Language:
English
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Departure Time :
9:00 AM
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Departure Details :
Traveler pickup is offered
Your Tour guide will pick you up from the Lobby of your Hotel in Luxor -
Return Details :
Returns to original departure point
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Cancellation Policy : This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.
Overview
Experience a half day tour to visit Luxor Museum, it has a very wonderful carefully selected collection of items in the Theban temples and necropolis. And then move on to visit Luxor Mummification Museum, a small museum showing the Mummification tools, a model of mummified mummies. Animals that are sacred to the ancient Egyptians, such as cats, crocodiles, Jackals are mummified
Highlights
- Led by a qualified Egyptologist
- Get inside tips from a local
- Family friendly
- All entrance fees included
- Ideal choice for families
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Inclusions
Pick up services from your hotel in Luxor and return
All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
Shopping tours in Luxor bazaars during the tour
Qualified Egyptologist tour guide
Bottled water during the tour
All service charges & taxes
Entry/Admission - Luxor Museum
Entry/Admission - Mummification Museum
Exclusions
Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Tipping
Additional Info
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Traveler Reviews
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Guide H did a great job focusing on the important pieces in each museum. We learned a lot about specific statues. I'd be nice to have a bit more time at each room of Luxor Museum to explore the items we didn't focus on.
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Nile Holiday Tours: Very easy to work with - I had to reach out a couple of times before the tour and the responses were very friendly and received in a timely manner. Tour Guide: Mr. Hani was amazing; we met with various guides/companies during our time in Egypt and believe he was the best by far. Myself and my other traveler agree that he went above and beyond to ensure we had a great experience in Luxor, inclusive of asking into what type of souvenirs we desired to acquire and making sure we obtained what we were looking for. Next time we visit Luxor, and nearby areas, we will be sure to reach out to Mr. Hani to see if he’s available! Mummification Museum: This museum was our first stop for the day, at approx. 9:30a. I’m not sure if it was the time of day, but we happened to be the only visitors in the museum at this time. Our guide Mr. Hani brought us inside of the building to provide a very good overview of what we would be seeing in the museum. It’s worth mentioning that our guide could not bring us into the museum itself; this is common and you will come across signs throughout Egypt asking tour guides not to enter certain locations due to religion, etc. The museum itself is small, a single room to be exact, but it served it’s purpose of explaining the mummification process. It was also interesting to see a human mummy, a few animal mummies, the tools used in the mummification process, as well as the different layers of a mummy’s coffin. Luxor Museum: This was the larger museum of the two and I believe we spent considerably more time here. Our tour guide was able to accompany us to all but three private rooms (two mummies and an antique room for reasons explained above). When he did accompany us, he provided great knowledge around the history and shared stories that made sense and place things into perspective/relevant context. The museum organized details and artifacts in a comprehensible manner and believe this is worth visiting if you make the trip to Luxor.
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We had an excellent morning at the Luxor Museum and Mummification Museum guided by Khaled. These two Museums are slightly off the radar of the normal tourist trails. They are most interesting and well worth a visit. We also went to Karnac which was breathtaking. Khaled was patient and knowledgeable.
