Keepers of the Lost Arks Tour

Arrival at Cairo International Airport where we will have a representative inside the airport to greet you and assist you with obtaining your entry visa ($25.00 USD – please bring exact change), help you through customs, then transfer you to the fabulous 5-star Hyatt Regency West Hotel in Giza. We will have a representative inside the hotel to assist you with the check-in process.

We’ll meet in the lobby at 5:30 PM to be guided to our conference room for an introductory meeting. Afterwards we’ll have our Welcome Dinner at a nearby restaurant. Overnight, Hyatt Regency West, Giza (D)

Breakfast will be served in the main restaurant beginning at 6:00 AM. We will meet in the lobby of the hotel for our 10 AM for our departure to visit the Giza Plateau.

The three large Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure are the most famous and prominent monuments at Giza, the site has probably been in use since pre-dynastic times. The pyramids are dated to around 2500 BC, however many alternative researchers believe that this timeline is entirely wrong.

No bodies were found in any of these pyramids and yet, the Great pyramid brilliantly encodes the fractal speed of light, the precise measurements of earth’s curvature and radius, the sun‘s radius, average continent height, average temperature of earth and other geological, mathematical and astronomical information.

We’ll discuss the many theories of who built them, and when, and maybe more significantly, why? Next we’ll go to the 9 Pyramids Lounge with fabulous panoramic views of the Giza Plateau for lunch

Next, we will visit the Valley Temple, a structure of massive granite and local limestone blocks with huge Egyptian alabaster flooring slabs.

The structure built with interlocking blocks, like puzzle pieces was decorated with incredible large curved granite blocks serving as an eave.

Next we’ll enjoy an hour of Private time between the Paws of the Sphinx. Stand before one of the most iconic, ancient and sacred statues in the world! The Sphinx has been said to represent the first breath of life on earth at the first time—or Zep Tepi.

Although many regard the Sphinx as the guardian of the Giza plateau, it is obvious that it also embodies a solar function. Was it carved in the Age of Leo? John Anthony West invited Geologist Robert Schoch to investigate the Sphinx enclosure for signs that it was much older than the proposed fourth Dynasty builders – as was first suggested by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz. Robert Schoch’s geological investigation of the site confirmed this possibility, and he currently estimates that the Sphinx could be as much as 12,000 years old—or more.

Positioned to greet the first rays of the rising sun in the east at dawn, the Sphinx came to be identified as Horemakhet, or “Horus of the Horizon”. Associated with kings and kingship she sits on one of the most significant places on the earth.

Known to be a place for great healing, we will have an hour to experience and explore the remarkable Sphinx enclosure. Dinner on your own and free time this evening. Overnight, Hyatt Regency West, Giza (B,L)

We’ll leave at 8 AM for our visit to Saqqara where we will explore several areas. After a stop at the Imhotep Museum, we’ll enter the Unas pyramid, which contains the earliest known Pyramid Texts.

The Pyramid Texts are said to be magical writings to assist the Pharoah on his journey into the afterworld where he hopes to become an Akh, or ‘light body’.

However, we’ll discuss how they are so much more, and contain formulas for moving between the physical and non-physical realms. Afterwards, we’ll enter the South entrance of the newly opened Step pyramid.

We’ll visit the Sound Healing Hospital at the Heb Sed Court to experience the still active healing frequencies of this ancient site and discuss the many references to the importance of balancing the polarized energies within. What does Imhotep represent – and how can we become architects of energy?

The ancients understood that sustained healing requires more than a spontaneous cure for active symptoms. It involves an interactive process in which the patient must also participate. You will be guided through the Mirror, a ‘device’ that presents you with the opportunity to experience your own reflection– that can offer clues to aid in your journey back to Ma’at or inner peace.

Another highlight of our day will be a visit to the newly opened Serapeum, a huge subterranean complex.

A long hallway that runs in east/west directions is flanked by chambers that house gigantic, highly crystalline stone boxes that weight from 80-100 tons. We’ll discuss all the possible theories as to when they were created and what they might have been used for at different times throughout Egypt’s history.

After a full day at the site, we’ll enjoy a traditional ‘home-cooked’ buffet lunch at the fabulous Blue Lotus Restaurant. Located on a farm near Saqqara, much of the delicious food we’ll be served is grown here or locally. If we’re lucky we’ll see the now very rare blue lotuses blooming in the small pools located here.

If we’re lucky we’ll see the now very rare blue lotuses blooming in the small pools located here. Evening Free. Overnight, Hyatt Regency West, Giza (B,L)

We‘ll check out of our hotel and drive to Cairo to visit the National Museum displays a collection of 50,000 artifacts, presenting the Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the Modern era.

A captivating chronological adventure guides you through the epochs and can obtain an integrated idea of the Egyptian civilization and its most important achievements.

The Royal Mummies’ Hall is specially designed to display the mummies of the ancient Kings and Queens of Egypt. The design aims to give the visitor the feeling of strolling down the Valley of The Kings, where most of these mummies were originally resting. Next we’re off to visit the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo, one of the oldest churches in Egypt which now belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage. Early travelers to Cairo dubbed it “the Staircase Church” We’ll have lunch before departing for our afternoon flight to Luxor. In Luxor we’ll check into the fabulous Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel situated on the east bank of the Nile River.

We’ll have time for shopping before we explore the mysteries of the enigmatic Luxor Temple at sunset. Linked to Karnak Temple by the Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor Temple utilizes similar patterns of sacred geometry in its design.

We’ll explore the mysteries of the enigmatic Luxor Temple in the early evening. Luxor Temple was once known as ‘the place of the First Occasion’, where the Neter (god) Amun experienced rebirth during the pharaoh’s annual reenacted coronation ceremony. Linked to Karnak Temple by an Avenue of Sphinxes marking what was once called ‘path of the god’, Luxor temple was the final destination where famous precessions from Karnak to Luxor temple took place to celebrate the annual Opet Festival. The temple was once known as ‘Amun in Opet’ -or Amun on the horizon and this was a celebration of the fertility of land, Amun and the king as well as the deification of the king as the son of Amun.

After 15 years of intense study, Alchemist R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz wrote a book titled “The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man,” in which he explored the esoteric depth of ancient Egyptian philosophy, spirituality, mathematics, and science. Schwaller’s theory that the temple was designed to replicate all aspects of the male human body (body, mind and spirit), is well documented and has gained support from many researchers. Overnight Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel, Luxor (B,L )

After breakfast, we drive to Dendera to visit the incredible Temple of temple at Dendera is one the most significant sites of Egypt and most elaborately decorated temple of its time.

Early texts refer to a temple at Dendera which was rebuilt during the Old Kingdom and the massive foundations probably contain many blocks from the earlier structure. Fragments from earlier periods have been found on the site including one that references the Sixth Dynasty Pharoah, Pepi I. Hathor tells us that she is the Alpha and Omega, all that is, all that was, and all that ever shall be.

We will be led on a journey of discovery within the Temple of Hathor that can change the way you perceive reality itself. Star maps depicted on the ceilings inside the first Hypostyle Hall, and the replica of famous Dendera Zodiac (the original is displayed at the Louvre in Paris) point to the ancient origins of astrology and superior knowledge of our universe.

John Anthony West once called this temple “the Womb of Time”. Hathor, the Netert who personified motherhood, beauty, sexuality, love, joy, harmony, dance and music was known as the Lady of the Stars and symbolizes the womb that gives birth to our perception of time and space.

As the ‘Eye of Ra’ she represents the nurturing rays of the Sun required for birth, growth and renewal as well as the fierce rays of the sun that destroy in order to provide a space for new beginnings. The most distinctive parts of the temple are the fourteen crypts, of which eleven were decorated. These areas were devoted to Lunar aspects of nature and their symbolism contains many keys to the ancient mysteries of Egypt. Many of these formerly closed crypts were recently opened to the public. The most famous crypt holds the famous ‘lightbulb’ imagery that speaks to the birth of the cosmos. These crypts were used to store cult equipment, archives and magical devices for the temple’s protection, however the most important object kept within them was a statue of the Ba of Hathor. This hidden and most sacred icon was only brought out to receive the first rays of the Sun to celebrate the activation of the ‘rebirth’ of her son, or Sun as a new cycle of potentiality.

There is so much to experience within and around this magnificent temple that we dedicate an entire morning and afternoon at the site.

Afterwards, we’ll have a late lunch at Marsum before we journey back to Luxor. Breakfast & Lunch included. Overnight Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel, Luxor (B,L)

We will leave directly after breakfast to drive to Abydos for our visit the Seti I Temple, and the very ancient Osirieon Temple.

First, we’ll enter the very ancient and megalithic Osirion for our two-hour Private visit commencing at 11 AM. We’ll have 2 full hours of Private time to experience in this incredibly ancient place of renewal and resurrection.

Several illustrations of the Flower of Life can been seen on the huge pillars, possibly crafted by a Pythagorean School located nearby. Local villagers claim that the water that accumulates in this structure has valuable healing properties. Next, we’ll visit the Seti I Temple. We will discuss the significance of the symbolism as we experience the masterful craftsmanship of the beautiful depictions that cover the walls of the ancient Seti I temple that is dedicated to Osiris as well as the mysteries and implications of the Osiris ‘resurrection’ rituals that are illustrated throughout the temple.

Seti I belonged to the new kingdom dynasty of Egypt, and managed to restore order in Egypt after the massive social upheaval caused by Akhenaten. Coming from a military background, he managed to enhance Egyptian sovereignty through many military campaigns.

Dedicated to Osiris, the ‘Lord of Abydos’, depictions honoring Seti I participating in ancient rituals that display profound symbolism and mysteries of the very ancient Osiris mythologies. The artistry and craftsmanship of the beautiful depictions that cover the walls of this temple are some of the most exquisite illustrations found in Egypt.

We’ll have the opportunity to spend time in the Boat chamber also known as the “Om Seti room”. Dorothy Eady, later known as Om Seti, had memories of a past life as a young priestess in Abydos as well as encounters with Seti I that began after a near death experience as a child in the UK. Her incredible life story led her to work closely with E. A. Wallace Budge at the British Museum and she eventually became a renowned expert on Egyptology. Her past life memories were so profound that when she came to live in her beloved Abydos to work as a draughtswoman for the Department of Antiquities, she was able to find –and tell site excavators about many hidden places. Afterwards we’ll have lunch at the House of Life before returning to Luxor. Overnight Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel, Luxor (B,L)

After breakfast we’ll leave for our visit to the Valley of the Kings where we’ll have the opportunity to visit three of the tombs currently open to the public .

Next, we’re off to the mystical Temple of Hatshepsut which is nestled in the valley basin of Deir el-Bahari, surrounded by steep cliffs. The porticoes that front the terrace here feature the most notable reliefs of the temple; those of the expedition to the Land of Punt and of the divine birth of Hatshepsut.

After a stop at the impressive megalithic Colossi of Memnon, we’ll have lunch.

Afterwards, we’ll visit some of the tombs of the Nobles. These tombs are some of the best least-visited attractions on the west bank. We’ll visit the tombs of Ramose, Userhet, Sennofer and Rekhmire.

After your West Bank visits, we’ll return to our hotel on the east bank. Time for optional shopping this evening. Overnight Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel, Luxor (B,L)

You will have the opportunity to enjoy an optional early morning Hot Air Balloon ride over the West Bank.

Enjoy the surreal experience of floating over the valleys, temples and lush fields on the West Bank of Luxor on a sunrise Hot Air Balloon rise. Catch the rays of the early morning sun as it illuminates your bird’s eye view of the Nile and surrounding area. After enjoying breakfast together, we’ll leave for our visit to Karnak. An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads us into the gigantic complex of Karnak temple dedicated to Amun, his consort Mut and their son, Khonsu. We are excited that Dr. Khaled Helmy, the director of Karnak temple, has agreed to guide us on our exploration throughout the site.

Sprawling around 5 acres, the site of Karnak Temple is dated back as far as the Middle Kingdom pharaoh, Senusret I -with a succession of pharaohs who expanded and added structures at the site all the way up until the Ptolemaic dynasty 1600 years later. Karnak was known in ancient times as ‘The Most Select of Places’ (Ipet-isut) and was not only the location of the cult image of Amun and a place for him to dwell on earth but also a home for the many priests who maintained the temple and its rites.

The Ptah temple houses the Chapel of Sekhmet, home to one of the most ancient statues still standing in its original spot. Sekhmet is the powerful lioness that represents the fierce rays of the sun, as well as the protective, healing and nurturing love of the mother. She appears to many to be alive and can impart significant messages to those with eyes to see and ears to hear them. Sekhmet personifies the solar rays that provide the electromagnetic energy required to sustain life and the earth’s grid. Sekhem, means ‘power’ and Sekhmet is the magnetic spark of life force that provides the necessary energy to perform what we have been told are mystical, magical and powerful feats, including the healing of the physical body.

Chapel of Sekhmet ~ She is alive…and has a message for you. We’ll have lunch and return to our hotel. Optional Sunset sailing on a Felluca.

Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel, Luxor (B,L)

We’ll depart early in the morning to visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu Located on a hill overlooking the Nile, the spectacular Temple of Edfu, or ‘the Place Where Horus Is Extolled’ was dedicated to Horus of Behedet, and is one of the most well-preserved temples in Egypt and most impressive feats of construction completed during the Ptolemaic period.

Embodying much knowledge and wisdom regarding many ancient mysteries, it was built during Ptolemaic times on a site of a far more ancient structure. Edfu houses the famous Building Texts that are said to tell the story of ‘Zep Tepi’ or the first time. There are elements within this temple that point to legends of Cataclysm, Atlantis, the Ark of the Covenant and tales of the Shemsu Hor, said to have been demigods that lived for 6,000 years between the reign of the gods and the first Pharaohs.

Depictions of the ‘Festival of the Beautiful Meeting’ marking the celebration of annual reunion between Horus and his consort, Hathor decorate the walls. The festival lasted 15 days from the arrival of the sacred statue of Hathor, which traveled by barge from Dendera to Edfu. Statues of both Hathor and Horus were reunited within the temple sanctuary, where Hathor was symbolically impregnated by her lover and returned to Dendera to bear their son.

The inner sanctuary was the most sacred and important part of the temple that once contained the sacred images of Horus and Hathor that were used in their processions. A shrine, crafted of black granite, it is located in the Holy of Holies and is one of the few remains of an older temple of Horus attributed to Nectanebo II (360-343 BC). Next, we’ll drive on to Kom Ombo.

Kom Ombo temple, dedicated to both Horus the Elder and Sobek, the crocodile Neter, was a devoted to powerful initiations and healing. This Ptolemaic temple, built over earlier structures has two identical entrances, hypostyle halls and sanctuaries, each honoring the roles of these powerful Neteru (gods) that relate to the awakening our senses and raising our levels of awareness. Significant evidence shows that the area has been settled since Predynastic times. Some have theorized that there were two groups of priests who separately tended to Horus and Sobek. The left side of the structure was devoted to Horus the Elder, relating to Lower Egypt and the right side of the building, associated with Upper Egypt was dedicated to the crocodile Neter.

Two separate sanctuaries of Sobek and Horus the Elder, largely ruined today with little remaining other than the stone pedestals that once held their sacred barques are separated by a secret underground shaft. Egyptologists report that priests would use this hidden place to act as Oracles to pronounce the ‘will of the Neteru’ to their unsuspecting audiences. We will speak of the powerful initiations that were once practiced here, and how we can tap into the profound and self-empowering lessons experienced here by the ancients.

There is a large well with a spiraling staircase descending into it which was used as a Nilometer. The indigenous claim that the well, once filled with live crocodiles was used in sacred ceremonies of initiation. We’ll see remarkable depictions of various medical instruments that are recognized by medical practitioners today as well as an incredible depiction of the seasons of the Great Year.

Afterwards, we’ll drive on to Aswan and check into our rooms at the Mövenpick Aswan hotel located on an Island on the Nile. As there is no place to stop for lunch, please bring your favorite snacks. More snacks will be provided along our journey. Breakfast and Dinner included. Overnight at the Movenpick Hotel, Aswan

We will depart early in the morning for those who wish to visit the fabulous site of Abu Simbel. The rest of the group will have the morning free, or take an optional trip to the Nubian Museum.

If you are not participating in the Abu Simbel trip, you will have the morning free or the option of visiting the Nubian Museum. Next, we’ll take a boat to visit the enigmatic Elephantine Island, explore the site that was dedicated to the Neter, Khnum, who was the “master of the mysteries of water”. Khnum is one of the famous gods in Upper Egypt who is associated with the ‘black earth’ of the Nile which was used by him to shape all living things on his ‘potter’s wheel’.

Scattered throughout this site we find many remnants displaying the superior technologies of pre-dynastic times. The artwork still present is simply stunning.

We’ll explore the very ancient temple of Satet, the Netert (force of nature) who represented the personification of the Nile inundation. Her temple was aligned with the heliacal rising of Sirius with the Sun which marked a time of great celebration of the return of life and renewal to Egypt with the annual flooding of the Nile. We’ll discuss the theory that the Ark of the Covenant was once hidden on this island.

We’ll show you some of the places it may have been hidden on its journey south to Ethiopia, where many believe it is now.

Afterwards we’ll sail around Elephantine Island n a felluca and return to the Hotel and enjoy a buffet dinner. Overnight, Mövenpick Aswan (B,L,D)

After breakfast, we’ll explore the famous Aswan quarry that is home to the 1,200 ton Unfinished Obelisk that only a handful of cranes worldwide could lift today.

You will see evidence of several different methods of quarrying stone that can be dated to different time periods and civilizations. Here you will have the opportunity to see the unfinished obelisk, weighing 12 tons, that was commissioned by Hatshepsut and thought to have been abandoned when a crack appeared on the obelisk.

Next we’ll will take a motorboat to the sacred island of Bigeh overlooking the island of Philae, to have a home-cooked lunch at Solaih Nubian Restaurant. Afterwards, we’ll visit the Temple of Isis, originally located upon the island of Philae, but was later moved to save it from flooding in the 1960’s when the Aswan dam was built.

Now sitting on the enchanting Island of Agilkia, the powerful site still marks a place where the Sun attains its greatest declination north and is directly over the Tropic of Cancer at noon on the Summer Solstice. This moment was observed as the initiation of the ancient Egyptian New Year as well as the annual heliacal rising of the star, Sirius, which heralded the beginning of Akhet, the season of the flooding of the Nile.

Isis represented this highly revered star and its annual rising with the Sun was a time of huge celebration. This alchemical marriage held the promise of renewal and rebirth as a ‘resurrection of Osiris’, her consort, who represented the land and its inhabitants. Everyone participated in these ‘rebirthing’ celebrations, which lasted for 14 days.

The flood waters brought paramagnetic minerals from the mountains of Ethiopia that were deposited on the banks of the Nile as a rich alluvial black silt. This very valuable black soil or “KMT” (Khemit) for which Egypt was named ensured a rich harvest each year. The flood waters restored the lifeforce to what had become a dry and desolate land.

Isis, the goddess of magic and medicine– and mother of Horus is often depicted wearing the throne, or ‘seat of power’ as her crown, reflecting the matriarchal nature of very ancient times in Egypt. Was this temple visited by the Templars?

Afterwards we’ll have time for shopping for spices and seeing how papyrus was made in ancient Egypt before we are transported to the airport for our flight to Cairo. Overnight, Crown Plaza or Hyatt Regency West, Giza (B,L)

We’ll have free time this morning before we leave to have lunch at a local restaurant before our visit to the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

The GEM, “the new crown jewel of Egypt”, will be one of the largest, most modern, and renowned museums in the entire world, housing artifacts from all over ancient Egypt, including the complete Tutankhamun collection.

Many of the museums more than 50,000 pieces will be displayed publicly for the first time.

After breakfast, we’ll be treated to a lecture presented by Timothy Hogan. Please check out of your rooms and leave your baggage outside of your room before coming to the lecture at 10 AM. Afterwards we’ll enjoy a Farewell lunch at the 9 Pyramids Lounge on the Giza Plateau before our Private visit and initiation inside the Great Pyramid from 5-7 PM.

The King’s, Queen’s and Subterranean chambers will all be opened for us to experience and explore. The pyramid’s brilliant design elements combined with the consistency of the stones used to construct it have been said to create incredible fields of energy that can have a powerful impact on the physical, mental and spiritual bodies of anyone inside.

Scientist Phillip Callahan has purported in several books that the shape and use of paramagnetic stone enabled the ancient builders to capture and channel cosmic energy to create force fields for multiple purposes. A recent study by the Journal of Applied Physics by Russian and German researchers has now confirmed that the Great Pyramid can produce electromagnetic energy in certain chambers of its structure. Researchers determined that when they are hit by radio waves, these phenomena occur in all three chambers, including the one below the pyramid.

The acoustic properties within the pyramid are phenomenal. Indigenous knowledge holder Abd’el Hakim Awyan stated that the Giza pyramids are harmonic structures that benefitted from the combined use of sound, light and subterranean running water that created fields of force. He often said that: “Every chamber within the pyramid has a specific harmonic replicating the harmonics of the cavities of the human body. Sound healing techniques were then used to restore the patient’s body to the correct harmonics.”

After the evening’s events we’ll drive to Cairo and check into our rooms at the Le Meridien Airport Hotel. Le Meridien Airport Hotel Breakfast and a late Lunch included.

The buffet breakfast will be available from 4 AM at the hotel restaurant. Guests will need to check out of their hotel by 12 PM, however, if you have a later flight and would like access to your room a little longer, then we would recommend checking with reception if you can pay for a late check out. The late checkout fee at the Le Meridien Airport Cairo is roughly $60. Guests will need to check out and walk to their terminals – ensuring they arrive at least three hours prior to flight departure. For guests departing from Terminal 3, there is an air bridge connecting the hotel to Terminal 3 and it is only a short walk to the terminal. For guests departing from Terminal 1 or 2 – there is either a hotel or airport shuttle departing every 5 minutes that you can catch to your terminal. Breakfast included