David Hartman will be giving a presentation on Egypt-Red Sea dive travel Saturday August 28, 2010 at 6:00 pm at Sterling Silver SCUBA in Sterling, VA. Mr Hartman’s presentation will cover information on touring ancient Egypt and the Red Sea as a dive destination as well as details on Sterling Silver SCUBA group trip to Egypt on June 25-July 10, 2011. Please call Kevin Davenport at Sterling Silver SCUBA to reserve a spot in the seminar (703) 731-0257. Guests are welcome.
Sterling Silver Divers Egypt-Red Sea Group Trip page:
15 Day/13 Night Itinerary: Cairo, Luxor with 7 Night Southern Red Sea Liveaboard -Simply the Best with Blue O Two aboard the M/V Sea Sound
Darlene and Afiffi, I wanted to thank you BOTH so much for such a wonderful trip and for all the extras you do that make things special. This trip was full of them and I felt like royalty! And of course for each of you for taking such good care of my mother both in the business class upgrade and Afiffi taking her shopping and looking out for her. She has a blast and considers this the trip of her lifetime. I am so glad that I could take her…er…more correctly that she would finally go on one of my trips…and that it was yours! She has been showing her pictures to everyone and has been like a little kid. She may have even sold the trip to her doctor…I will try to follow up. Hey word of mouth business is the best.
In any event you both exceeded my expectations and the trip was magnificent. I hope to book another group for you soon and another trip for us to Egypt in 2012. I will also look at the other options you have sent for variety. Thank you both again! It was amazing!
Learning Through Travel’s group VIP tour to Egypt and the Red Sea in September 2009. Slide show created by Robert and Jeanne Downey. The 13 Day/11 Night trip included visits to famous antiquities in Cairo and Luxor and a 7 night liveaboard in the Northern Red Sea. Download the flyer at the link below for information on our 2010 Egypt-Red Sea VIP Tour (dive professionals and group leaders only)
(AP: Yahoo News) CAIRO – Egypt’s massive new museum for its famous antiquities now has a power plant, a fire station and its own conservation center, and over the next two years it will become home to some 100,000 artifacts, officials said Monday. A partial opening for the 120-acre museum complex, which will house King Tutankhamun’s famed mummy and golden burial effects and a replica of his tomb, is set for the fall of 2012. Plans for the museum, which will replace the century-old building visited by millions annually in Cairo’s heaving downtown, were first conceived in 2002 and it will display more than twice as many artifacts as its predecessor. The museum will eventually house 100,000 artifacts, said Mohammed Ghoneim, the project’s technical consultant said. Tens of thousands of artifacts are currently locked away unseen in the old museum due to lack of space to display them. Egypt’s first lady Suzanne Mubarak on Monday inaugurated the first two phases of the $600 million Grand Museum of Egypt, which is located at the foot of the Giza Pyramids.
The main achievement so far is the construction of the new conservation center to restore damaged antiquities and already 122 conservators are restoring and preparing 6,800 artifacts that will one day be showcased in the Grand Museum. A documentation unit is also working to create a computerized database for all the artifacts. The conservation center is “designed to be the largest such center in the world, in terms of the services it offers and the number of laboratories,” Ghoneim said. “It is built to restore Egyptian antiquities but also to be a regional conservation center.” Established with Japanese technical assistance, the center includes 12 laboratories for restoring, scanning and studying mummies as well as artifacts made from pottery, wood, textiles and glass. Staff are also receiving training in Japan. Shadia Kinawi, the head of the committee overseeing the museum, said Japan has provided a $300 million loan for the museum, while the Egyptian culture ministry will provide $150 million. Some $27 million were donated to the museum, she said. Over 30 firms have already submitted tenders for building the main galleries of the museum.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has announced the discovery of a 4300 year-old pyramid in Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis and burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis. The new discovered pyramid is said to belong to Queen Sesheshet , the mother of King Teti , first King and founder of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt. The pyramid dates to over four millennium ago and is five meters high although it must have been about 14 meters originally. The archaeologists stated that the discovery of the pyramid will further enrich our understanding of the pyramids of the 6th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
12 Days/10 Nights: Egypt: Cairo and Luxor + land based boat diving in Sharm el Sheikh
“We had a wonderful trip. We were most impressed with the organization of the trip, the hotels, and restaurants were top of the line and all of the great guides you provided for our tours. We felt like we were leaving old friends when we had to part. Diving in the Red Sea was incredible, I have never seen such healthy reefs. Emperor Divers was a great diving operation, efficient, friendly and knowledgeable. Our Dive-master Dan knows his dive sites. I can’t wait to return.”
17 Days/15 Nights: Tour of Ancient Egypt-Cairo, Luxor, Nile Cruise; Red Sea Diving Sharm el Sheikh and 7 Night Southern Red Sea liveaboard
“Learning Through Travel takes care of everything. If you want to change your itinerary all you have to do is ask. What can I say about Afifi, the office manager and tour guide in Cairo. He is truly wonderful, interesting, funny and a smart man. He is a terrific guide.”
