Cruise in comfort to Egypt’s most fascinating destinations in the company of a world-renowned Egyptologist and an experienced tour leader. Learn about the history of medicine in Egypt as you progress along the River Nile aboard the luxury MS Jaz Regent Nile river cruiser and stay in first-class hotels in Giza and Luxor.
Listen to lectures by Professor Rosalie David, Director of the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester and a renowned authority on the medicine of Ancient Egypt. The focus of her career has been the establishment of a new university specialisation – biomedical research within the field of Egyptology – to provide a different approach to understanding the civilisation of ancient Egypt.
This tour includes guided private shore visits to sites of medical historical interest, as well as the wonders of ancient Egypt. Both Rosalie and Janice will also accompany you on shore visits.
There is an optional 3-night extension to the great city of Alexandria and the battlefield of El Alamein after the tour.
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Janice Liverseidge was previously Director of Membership at The Royal Society of Medicine and is now a full time guide and in her spare time a trustee of both the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the London Handel Festival. Earlier in her career she worked for the British Medical Association. She is also a registered Blue Badge tourist guide and regularly leads groups in London on medical history walks, tours of the Wellcome Collection and other healthcare locations plus provides music and art tours for the Foundling Museum and the London Handel Festival. Janice has travelled extensively, including an eight month journey around India, South East Asia and Australia, and has led highly successful RSM tours to Vietnam and Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Cuba, South Africa, China, Uzbekistan and Japan.
Alexandria Extension
The cost of the tour is USD $5,914 per person sharing (excluding international flights and transfers). The cost of the tour with a room to yourself is USD $7,496.
Our online booking system is temporarily unable to accept payments. If you would like to book this tour please call our office on:(Toll Free) 1-8777-398-764.