ANCIENT EGYPT LIGHT OF THE WORLD
29TH ANNUAL STUDY TOUR
With a Nile Cruise

 July 07 – 21, 2026

Tour Conditions
$6,999 from New York, based on double occupancy

(Final price and departure city will be determined in August 2025)

Anthony T. Browder:

Anthony Browder is the Director of the IKG Cultural Resource Center in Washington, D.C. and has lectured extensively on African and African American history and culture throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, Mexico, Japan and Europe. He has conducted study tours to Egypt since 1987.

Mr. Browder is the author of numerous publications, including, From The Browder File, Nile valley

Contributions to Civilizations and Egypt on the Potomac. He is the co-author, along with his daughter, Atlantis Tye, of My First Trip to Africa and Africa on my Mind. All of his publications are currently being used in classrooms around the world.

“Tony”  describes himself as a chronicler of facts and information relative to the positive portrayal of the worldwide African experience.

STUDY TOUR OVERVIEW: Our Study Tours are designed to introduce participants to the history of Kemet and the historical events which differentiates Kemet from Egypt (which is a Greek word). Throughout our Study Tour we stress the importance of Chronology, Terminology, Geography and Primary Evidence. Our Study Tour consists of daily field trips and evening lectures. This is not an activity for the casual traveler, or those unable do a lot of walking and tolerate hot weather. Participants are encouraged to read Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization prior to the trip, and to be on time for all events. Your investment of time and money matters to us and it is our desire that you leave Egypt with a greater understanding of Nile Valley civilization and its impact on the ancient and modern world. 

ITINERARY

TUE - July 07: THE BEGINNING OF OUR EXPLORING TOUR  Leave Washington, Dulles via EgyptAir for a direct flight to Cairo. Meals will be served on board. 

WED - July 08: INTO THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS Upon arrival in Cairo you will receive your visa and be transferred to your hotel. Check in your hotel and have breakfast. Balance of the day at leisure.  Evening Harambee Gathering.

THU - July 09: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM   In the morning, you will visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum with its renowned collection of historical artifacts. The Museum contains the world's most important collection of Egyptian antiquities, dating from the earliest times to the 6th century AD. The collection includes some of  the artistic masterpieces of the world, including the treasures of Tut- Ankh-Amun.  Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight. Evening lecture.

FRI - July 10: CAIRO/ MEMPHIS/SAKKARA/GIZA / LUXOR Morning tour to Memphis and Sakkara. Memphis (Menefer) was the first capital of Kemet in the earliest dynasties. Sakkara's Step Pyramid is the oldest in existence and is the world's first stone building. Proceed to Giza. Visit one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure and Heremakhet (the Sphinx). Return to your hotel for dinner and Transfer to the airport for your short flight to Luxor (Waset), upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

SAT - July 11: IPET ISUT (KARNAK) / SOUTHERN IPET (LUXOR TEMPLE) We will visit in the afternoon & in the evening. Highlights of our visit include the Avenue of the Sphinxes, Hypostyle Hall, the tekenu (obelisks) of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Sacred Lake at Ipet Isut (Karnak). Return to your hotel.

SUN - July 12: LUXOR (THEBES)/VALLEY OF THE KINGS/ MEDINET HABU/ COLOSSI OF MEMNON  Morning visit to the Necropolis of Thebes on the West Bank. Visit the Valley of the Kings and three tombs of your choice. Continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and then to Medinet Habu (Temple of Rameses III). End your tour of the West Bank at the Colossi of Memnon. Return to your hotel for dinner and Evening Lecture.

MON - July 13: LUXOR  Transfer to your cruise ship for lunch, balance of the day at leisure.

TUE - July 14 : ASA RESTORATION / TOMB OF KARAKHAMUN Visit  the ASA RESTORATION PROJECT, and the restoration of the tombs of the 25^th dynasty Kushite nobles Karabasken, Karakhamun and Nesbanebdjed. Return to your ship in Luxor for lunch. Sail to Esna. Dinner and Evening Lecture.

WED - July 15: EDFU (THE TEMPLE OF HERU)/KOM OMBO (THE TEMPLE OF SOBEK) Sail to Edfu to and visit the Temple of Heru (Horus) which is one of the best preserved in Egypt. Continue sailing to Kom Ombo, the Temple with a double dedication to Sobek and Haroeris. In the middle of the temple area, a sanctuary was built for each of these divinities. Double entrances lead through the pylons to the court, vestibule, pillared hall and the three antichambers to the Sanctuaries of the Netcherw. Enjoy dinner while sailing to Aswan.

THU - July 16: ASWAN/ THE HIGH DAM/PHILAE TEMPLE & UNFINISHED TEKEN (OBELISK) OF HATSHEPSUT Morning visit to Philae Temple which was dedicated to Aset/Isis. The oldest parts of which date from the 4th century BC. Greeks and Romans added to the Temple over the years until the 2nd century AD. Philae was the last Egyptian temple closed by the Roman Emperor Justinian in the 6^th century. Continue to the Aswan High Dam which rises up to colossal heights. The Pyramid of Khufu could be lost 17 times over in this modern marvel. Visit the Red Granite Quarries where the ancients obtained their fine reddish granite. See the unfinished tekhen (obelisk) of Queen Hatshepsut, had it been completed, it would have been the largest ever hewn. Return to your ship in Aswan for lunch, dinner and overnight.

FRI - July 17: ASWAN/ABU   SIMBEL   (THE   TEMPLE OF RAMSES  II)ASWAN  Morning  flight  from  Aswan  to  Abu Simbel which is situated on the West Bank of the Nile, 180 miles south of Aswan and 27 miles north of the Sudan border. You will marvel at the Great Temple, hewn out of a sandstone mountain, with four colossal seated statues of Rameses II at the entrance. The figures are 65 ½ feet high and wear the double crown of Upper and Lower Kemet. The temple was dedicated to Ptah, Amun-Ra, Re-Horkhti, and Rameses II. Nearby, to the north, is a second temple, also built by Rameses II, and dedicated to Nefertari, the King's wife. The temples were threatened by the rising waters after the completion of the Aswan High Dam and were preserved by UNESCO. The temples were rebuilt on a plateau above their former site. Return to Aswan. Transfer to your hotel for dinner and Evening Lecture.

SAT - July 18: ASWAN  Full day at leisure. Dinner and overnight.

SUN - July 19: ASWAN FREE DAY IN ASWAN. Dinner and transfer to the airport for you return flight to Dulles via Cairo

MON - July 20: CAIRO/ WASHINGTON, DULLES Depart Cairo at 11:50pm for your return flight home. Arrive the next day.

TUES – July 21: WASHINGTON, DULLES Arrive in Dulles at 5:10am.