VIEW THE SIX-MINUTE “ECLIPSE OF THE CENTURY”
FROM FOUR-STAR ACCOMMODATIONS WITH MAGNIFICNET NILE RIVER VIEWS

Try a European-style resort to anchor your Luxor eclipse experience. Iberotel offers comfortable,casual surroundings, breezy terraces, and a spacious lawn where you can take in Nile views. The hotel has a unique “floating swimming pool” surrounded by the Nile and is close to the action in central Luxor. You can watch the eclipse from either the Iberotel Luxor (slide show) or from the gardens at Sofitel Winter Palace Hotel (slide show), one of the world’s iconic travel destinations.

Along the way to totality, you can enrich your eclipse experience if you wish, with one of three educational options:

• Dr. Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, the world’s leading authority on Egyptian archaeoastronomy, teaches about the vital role astronomy played in ancient Egypt’s cosmology and its rituals concerning death and the destiny of the soul. Immerse yourself in the ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY so you have an astronomer’s perspective on the structure and decoration of many of the Luxor region’s monuments.
• Dr. Diana McDonald started out as a 16 year-old intern in the Egyptian Department of the Metropolitan Museum, and subsequently worked in the Ancient Near Eastern and other departments at the Metropolitan. She wrote her undergraduate thesis at Harvard on Egyptian art. Dig into EGYPTOLOGY and gain insight into the history, art, and religon of Ancient Egypt.
• Dr. Stephen Ressler, highly sought-after educator and civil engineering expert, shares an in-depth look at the Great and Meidum Pyramids, and key aspects of civil engineering that made a sophisticated Ancient Egyptian civilization possible. Join the ANCIENT ENGINEERING and gain insight into the science and design of structures that endure for millennia.

Plus, Insight Cruises offers you an optional program of excursions to a choice selection of the Luxor region’s monuments, temples, and tombs. We’ll be on the lookout for specific astronomical features while visiting other sites not tied to the sky yet still looming large in the world’s imagination. Luxor and Karnak temples, the Valleys of the Kings & Queens, the wondrous sites of Dendera, Abydos, Esna, Edfu, and more are on our excursion agenda.

Settle your Luxor eclipse adventure at the Iberotel. It’s a comfortable and uncomplicated place to rest and refresh after a day of exploring the Luxor region and absorbing lectures.

FOUR OPTIONAL ADDONS (overview of all addons)

• Post-Luxor CRUISE TO CAIRO (+PDF summary) (9 nights)
• OR, Post-Luxor CRUISE TO ASWAN (+PDF summary)
• OR, Post-Luxor VISIT PETRA JORDAN (PDF only) (4-NIGHTS)
• AND/OR (i.e., before or after your Luxor event), “BEST OF CAIRO” (PDF only) (2-, 3-, or 4-NIGHTS)