Dahshur

$50.00

You will be picked up from your hotel and taken to Dahshur, about 40 kilometers southwest of Cairo. You’ll experience two of the main pyramids that were built before the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid. After you’ve been amazed by these two hidden gems, you’ll be taken back to your hotel.

Included in this experience:

  1. A private car that will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel.

  2. Entrance fees will be covered.

  3. Tour Guide & Expert Egyptologist (Available languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian & German).

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Experience a Day in Dahshur

Learn more about this place

Located about 40 kilometers southwest of Cairo, the village of Dahshur marks the southern end of the vast pyramid field that begins at Giza. Excavations at Dahshur have revealed the remains of seven pyramids, as well as extensive tomb complexes built for queens and nobility from Memphis up until the 13th Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom. The pyramids of Dahshur were built before Giza and were stepping stones for the eventual construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Bent Pyramid is called a “transitional” pyramid because the angle of its sides changes abruptly approximately one-third of the way up. Archeologists attribute this to an engineering crisis during construction. The architect realized that the steep, 54-degree inclination of its sides would make it structurally unsound. As a result, the rest of the pyramid was completed with only a 43-degree inclination leading it to be called the Bent Pyramid.