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JORDAN & EGYPT IN THE BIBLE

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This vacation begins with three nights by the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. Enjoy excursions to Amman and its Archaeological Museum, as well as to Jerash, Um Quais, and John the Baptist's Baptismal Archaeological Park in Bethany Beyond-the-Jordan, where Jesus was immersed in the baptismal springs. Next, travel to Moses' Mount Nebo, the Madaba Archaeological Museum, and Mukawir, where Salome danced and John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded. Continue via Wadi Mujib and the Crusader Castle of Kerak to Petra, where a full day of guided sightseeing in the "rose-red city" is included. In Lawrence of Arabia's Wadi Rum, enjoy a Jeep tour, then return to the Dead Sea. Fly from Amman to Cairo and meet your Egyptologist for a spectacular day of guided sightseeing: visit the Egyptian Museum, Memphis, Sakkara's "Stairway to the Sky" (the oldest of the pyramids), and Giza's Sphinx and the Great Pyramids. Also visit the "Hanging Church," St. Sergius Church, the Coptic Museum, and the St. Mercurius Church, and enjoy a farewell dinner.

City Highlights
Amman:
Guided sightseeing, visit the Archaeological Museum

Jerash:
Orientation

Um Quais:
Stop at the site of the Gadarene swine miracle

Bethany Beyond-the-Jordan:
Visit the Baptismal Archaeological Park

Mount Nebo:
Visit the mountain where Moses saw the Promised Land

Madaba:
Visit St. George's Church and the Archaeological Museum

Mukawir:
Orientation

Wadi Mujib:
Visit the Jordanian Grand Canyon

Kerak:
Visit the Crusader Castle

Petra:
Guided sightseeing, including the Siq and the Treasury; sip tea in a Bedouin tent

Wadi Rum:
Jeep tour

Amman - Cairo:
By air, including airport transfers

Cairo:
Guided sightseeing, visit Tutankhamun's tomb in the Egyptian Museum, the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids in Giza; the "Stairway to the Sky" in Sakkara; the statues of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis; guided sightseeing of walled Old Cairo; visit the "Hanging Church," St. Sergius Church, the Coptic Museum, and St. Mercurius Church; farewell dinner

Note:

• Amman-Cairo intra-tour flight includes airport transfers
• Combine this tour with "Journey Through the Holy Land"
• All arrangements in Jordan are under the management of Discovery Travel and Tourism; in Cairo, Royal Way Tours