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Saqqara, Menfis y Dahshur: excursión de un día
La primera pirámide, la primera pirámide verdadera y la primera capital, sin las multitudes de Giza.
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80 €
El Cairo y Giza
Saqqara, Menfis y Dahshur
La primera pirámide, la primera pirámide verdadera y la primera capital, a 30 km al sur de Giza.
- Pirámide escalonada
- rey Zoser, c. 2670 a. C., arquitecto Imhotep, 62 m
- Dahshur
- pirámides Acodada y Roja de Snefru, c. 2600 a. C.
- Menfis
- museo al aire libre en Mit Rahina: coloso de Ramsés II, esfinge de alabastro
- Tumbas
- Kagemni, Ti, Mereruka; pirámide de Teti con los Textos de las Pirámides
Saqqara es la necrópolis de Menfis, la capital del Imperio Antiguo, con la pirámide escalonada de Zoser (c. 2670 a. C.), el primer edificio monumental de piedra; Dahshur tiene las pirámides Acodada y Roja de Snefru (c. 2600 a. C.), las primeras pirámides verdaderas, y se puede entrar en la Roja. Un día guiado dura siete horas desde El Cairo con almuerzo, o un día largo en autocar desde Hurghada.
La visita
Imhotep built Djoser's pyramid as six mastabas stacked on each other inside a walled enclosure the size of a town, with a colonnade of forty columns, a courtyard for the king's jubilee race and dummy chapels carved to imitate reed buildings in stone. It is where the idea of the pyramid began, and where Egyptian architecture became stone.
The noble tombs around it, Ti, Kagemni and Mereruka, are painted with the daily life of the Old Kingdom: fishing, hunting hippos, brewing beer, feasting. The pyramid of Teti, when open, has the Pyramid Texts carved in its chamber. The Serapeum, the underground galleries of the Apis bulls, is an optional extra.
Dahshur, 10 km south, is where Sneferu learned to build a true pyramid. The Bent Pyramid changes angle halfway up after the first attempt cracked; the Red Pyramid next to it got the angle right and is the model for Giza. Its descending passage and three corbelled chambers are included on our tour. Memphis itself is fields and palms now; its open-air museum keeps the 10 m colossus of Ramses II.
Consejos de nuestros guías
- Saqqara is exposed; go early and carry water
- The Red Pyramid interior is easier than Khufu's and rarely crowded
- Combine with Giza only if you have a 10-hour day; otherwise take two days
Mejor época: De octubre a abril; todo el año por la mañana.
Preguntas
Yes. Giza has the size; Saqqara has the origin of the pyramid, the painted tombs and far fewer visitors. Most of our repeat guests rate it their favourite day in Cairo.
Yes, with the Dahshur ticket included on our tour. A 60 m descending passage leads to three tall chambers; about ten minutes inside.
About 30 km, 45 to 60 minutes by car depending on traffic; Dahshur is 10 km beyond Saqqara.
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