Please refer to the Alexandria section of this book. The drive from Port Said to Cairo is approximately three to three and a half hours each way. Motorcoaches most likely will be required to travel in a police-escorted convoy and sometimes will be subject to certain security requirements and possible delays. Flash camera photos are not permitted in the Antiquities Museum. To take cameras or videos inside the museum, a special ticket must be purchased at the site with Egyptian currency, and your guide will assist you whenever possible.
All regulations are subject to change without notice.
Here pharaohs, queens, sacred animals and even royal hairdressers were laid to rest. Let your imagination wander back to compare and marvel at the construction of these two different pyramidal monuments. This structure is the precursor of the pyramids of Giza, and its execution won the architect the reward of deification. This was the first major construction in stone and displays huge steps formed in a pyramid shape. B.C. Also on the site are the remains of an ancient colonnaded temple once believed to be a part of the walls that surrounded the necropolis area.