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Eligibility:
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Must be Sophomore to upper class, or graduate
student; must have GPA of at least 2.50
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Deadline for application:
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March
15, 2008
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Cost of course:
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Study Abroad in Egypt
as per your college/university
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Financial Aid:
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TAP & PELL available
for eligible students for Summer-2008
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Language:
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English
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Cost of trip:
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Deluxe package
$3495.00 USD based on double occupancy
(package arrangement). Add $475.00 USD for
single supplement
Note: Cost of course is not included in
the cost of trip.
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Educational Tour to Egypt 2008 Includes:
‚ Round trip International air
fare: New York/Cairo/New York
‚ Evening Conference Presentations
‚ Deluxe hotel (5-Star) hotel accommodations based on twin bedded
rooms with bath (Cairo/Aswan/Luxor)
‚ 2 meals daily throughout
(starting with day 3 of the tour)
‚ All transfers with assistance and
portage
‚ Sightseeing as per itinerary
including entrance fees
‚ Domestic air fare:
Cairo/Aswan/Cairo and Aswan/Abu Simbel/Aswan
‚ 4-Day 5 -Star
Luxury Cruise from Aswan to Luxor
(3 meals daily)
‚ All services charges,
hotel taxes, tips, gratuities and English-speaking guides
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All ground transportation with air conditioned buses (as per
itinerary)
ITINERARY
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Day 1
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Departure from JFK via Egypt Air in the
afternoon/evening. Meals on flight.
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Day 2
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Arrival in Cairo
afternoon/evening. Assisted through customs and taken to hotel for
check-in. Dinner not provided. Let’s go out to eat a hot meal before
retiring to bed.
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Day 3
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After breakfast, visit Saqqara, the ancient Necropolis, Djoser’s
Step Pyramid and temple, mastaba of Ptah Hotep and Memphis.
Tour & lecture (B/D)
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Day 4
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After early breakfast, visit the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx,
and leisure. Evening
discussion/lecture before bedtime.
(B/D)
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Day 5
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Early morning flight to Aswan.
Rest of the day for leisure and shopping. (B/D)
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Day 6
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Flight to Abu Simbel (Lower Nubia) to visit the rock-cut
temple of Ramesses
II and Queen Nefertari. Tour and lecture. Return to Aswan
in the evening to begin the cruise the following day. (B/D)
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Day 7
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Visit Philae
Island, Temple
of Isis. Cruise begins at Aswan Dam and continues
with the unfinished Obelisk, Kom Ombo and Edfu for the evening. Tour & Lecture. (B/L/D)
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Day 8
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At Edfu, visit the Temple
of Horus and sail via Esna toward Luxor
for the evening. Tour & lecture. (B/L/D)
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Day 9
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In Luxor, visit the
Valley of the Kings (West Bank), Deir el Bahri Funerary Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi of Amenhotep III ("Memnon"), and the
Ramesseum, Medinet Habu. Free
afternoon and evening. (B/L/D)
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Day 10
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Temple
of Karnak, Amen Re and
Hypostyle Hall, Avenue of the Ram-headed Sphinxes. Cruise ends. (B/D)
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Day 11
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After breakfast, visit the Grand Lodge of Luxor
with the Avenue of the Human-headed Sphinxes. Tour and lecture.
(B/D)
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Day 12
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After breakfast, visit Abydos
and Dendera. Tour & lecture.
(B/D)
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Day 13
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Flight back to Cairo
(hotel check-in). Shopping &
sightseeing. (B/D)
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Day 14
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Visit the Cairo
Museum, Khan Khalili Bazaar, Old
Coptic area, final dinner, Cairo
night life, and goodbye (this should be a
group activity). B/D
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Day 15
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Early morning departure for JFK, arriving in NYC the
same day. B
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B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
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