Middle East Tour 2009
The brochure with full details and an application form is available for download using the links below. The tour will leave Australia on Tuesday 21 April 2009. The main tour will depart Tel Aviv for home on Wednesday 13 May 2009. The optional dig at Mareshah in Israel will run from Wednesday 13 May 2009 until Tuesday 19 May 2009 and depart for home on Wednesday 20 May 2009. Full cost for the 2009 tour is AUD $8,860 and the dig AUD $950. Highlights include:
Places are stricktly limited so book your place now. Download an application form and post or fax it with a photocopy of your passport and your deposit to the address listed on the application form. If you would like further information please contact us on our free-call number. Both downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Acrobat Reader is a free download from Adobe and there is a link at the bottom of this page.
Download the Annual Middle East Tour 2009 - Itinerary and prices
Download an Annual Middle East Tour 2009 - Application Form
NEW Egypt and Jordan Tour 2009
1st October - 20th October 2009
The Archaeological Diggings planned tour of Egypt and Jordan is on for 2009. The brochure with itinerary and pricing is available for download via the links below. The tour will depart Australia Thursday 1 October 2009 and depart from Cairo for home on Wednesday 14 October 2009. The optional Jordan tour will run from Wednesday 14 October, departing for home from Jordan Wednesday 21 October 2009. Highlights include:
Egypt - 13 nights
- Pharaonic Village and Cairo Museum
- The Pyramids of Abusir
- Tutankhamen’s treasures
- The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
- Visit the Sphinx, the Great pyramid of Khufu and the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure at Giza
- Explore inside the pyramids of Khufu and Khafre
- Visit the Boat museum at Giza and see the huge funerary boat of Khufu
- Faiyyum Oasis and Pyramid of Hawarra
- Ancient remains of Kahun
- Pyramid of Meidum
- Temples of Karnak and Luxor
- Workmen's village at Deir el Medina
- Tombs of the Nobles at Qurna
- The Ramesseum - Funerary temple of Rameses II
- Explore some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
- The temple at Medinet Habu
- Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el Bahari
- Abydos - Temples of Sethi I, Rameses II and the Osireion
- The temple at Denderra
- The unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut and the granite quarry at Aswan
- The temple at Philae
- The massive temples at Abu Simbel
- Sound and Light show at the Pyramids
- Explore old Cairo and the bazaar, tour the Citadel and the Alabaster Mosque
Optional tour of Jordan - 7 nights
- Explore Amman city - see the citadel Ummayed Palace, the Hercules Temple and the Jordanian museum
- See the wonderful mosaics at Madaba
- Mt Nebo
- The Crusader castle at Kerak
- 2 days in Petra. Walk through the Siq to the Rose Red City. See the Treasury and high place, the ancient Roman theatre and tombs
- At Petra, an optional climb to Al-Dayr (The Monastery)
- 2 hour jeep ride to explore the desert home of Lawrence of Arabia at Wadi Rum
- See Aqaba on the shore of the Red Sea
- Visit the Jordanian Baptisimal Site
- Swim in the Dead Sea where you can not sink
- Visit Jerash, one of the great cities of the Roman Decapolis
- At Jerash, see Hadrian's arch, the hippodrome and the North and South theatre's.
- Explore the castle at Ajlun
International travellers are welcome to meet us in Cairo. Email editor@diggings.com.au for details. Full itinerary and prices available for download via the links below. Call us on free-call 1800 240 543 within Australia for more information.
Download the Egypt and Jordan Tour 2009 - Itinerary and prices
Download an Egypt and Jordan Tour 2009 - Application Form
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Last Updated: 13 November 2008