Royal Mummies Hall & Old Cairo Private Half-Day Tour

The Royal Mummies and Coptic Cairo in One Private Half Day

Meet Egypt’s great pharaohs face to face on this private Royal Mummies and Old Cairo tour. With your own Egyptologist guide and an air-conditioned vehicle, you visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Fustat and its Royal Mummies Hall, then walk through the churches and synagogue of Coptic Cairo, just a short drive away. You are back at your hotel by early afternoon.

What you will see

• National Museum of Egyptian Civilization: Egypt’s story from prehistory to the present day, told in one main gallery overlooking the Fustat area of Old Cairo.
• The Royal Mummies Hall: in April 2021, 22 royal mummies, 18 kings and 4 queens, were carried through Cairo in the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade to this museum. Among them are Ramses II, Seti I and Queen Hatshepsut. Most of them had been hidden by priests in ancient times to protect them from tomb robbers, in secret caches such as the one at Deir el-Bahari, which was emptied in 1881.
• The Hanging Church: the Church of the Virgin Mary, called al-Muallaqa (“the hanging one”) because it was built on top of a gatehouse of the Roman fortress of Babylon.
• Church of Abu Serga: the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, one of the oldest churches in Cairo. Tradition says the Holy Family rested in its crypt during the flight into Egypt.
• Ben Ezra Synagogue: one of the oldest synagogues in Egypt, famous for the Cairo Geniza, a storeroom where hundreds of thousands of medieval documents were kept for centuries.

Highlights

• Private tour with your own Egyptologist guide and air-conditioned vehicle
• Royal Mummies Hall with Ramses II, Seti I and Hatshepsut
• Entrance tickets and hotel pickup in Cairo or Giza included
• Churches and synagogue inside the walls of Roman Babylon
• Easy pace, about 5 hours with hotel pickup in Cairo or Giza
• Guides in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish

Price

From USD 65 per person. Choose your date and group size in the booking form to see the price for your group. Free cancellation up to 48 hours before the tour.

Good to know: photography rules differ between halls, and your guide tells you where cameras are allowed. Churches and the synagogue are places of worship, so please dress modestly with shoulders and knees covered.

Larger group or special request? Contact us or call/WhatsApp +201000569259 or +201221418581.

Want more of Cairo? Also see our Coptic Cairo walking tour, the Islamic Cairo day tour, the Grand Egyptian Museum tour and our Egypt day tours.

Comfortable walking shoes, modest clothing that covers shoulders and knees for the churches and synagogue, sunglasses and water.

First, pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza. Sites: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization · Hanging Church · Ben Ezra Synagogue.