Day 3 - Pyramids of Giza - Sphinx - Egyptian Museum - Nile River
Begin your day with a visit to the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, followed by a visit to the Egyptian Museum which contains historical treasures from throughout Egypt's rich history. Throughout the day you will see and cross the Nile River. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight

Day 4 - Memphis and Sakkara
Depart to Memphis, capital of Egypt's Old Kingdom (3000-2270BC) to see the Alabaster Sphinx, constructed in honor of an unknown Pharaoh between 1700 & 1400 BC. Sakkara has the Step Pyramid, which is Egypt's oldest pyramid, built by King Zoster. Continue to the Egyptian Museum containing treasures of ancient Egypt, including King Tut-Ankh-Aman. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 5 - Taba/Jericho
Depart Cairo and travel across the Sinai desert to Taba. Then change buses and cross into Israel and on to Jericho. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6 - Jericho/Qumran/Galilee
Early this morning you will have the opportunity to swim in the Dead Sea before departing to the ancient city of Jericho for a brief visit. Continue south along the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947, then continue to your hotel in Tiberias in Galilee for dinner and overnight.

Day 7 - Boat Ride/Capernaum/Tabgha/Jordon River/Banias
Begin your day with a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee from Tiberias to Capernaum where you will see an ancient synagogue and St.Peter's house which was later converted to a church. Visit Tabgha with the church of Peter's Primacy and the ancient mosaic of the Loaves and Fishes. Go to the Mount of Beatitudes where the Sermon on the Mount is remembered and visit the excavation's at Tel Hazor. Continue to Banias, formerly Caesarea Philippi, where Peter said "You are the Christ". There will be time today for baptisms in the Jordon River. Pass by the Golan Heights enroute to your hotel in Tiberias for dinner and overnight.

Day 8 - Tiberias/Cana/Nazareth/Mount Carmel/Jerusalem
Visit Mt.Tabor and then depart to Cana where Jesus performed his first Miracle and visit the Church of the Wedding and renew wedding vows for those who desire. Continue to Nazareth to see the Church of the Annunciation, with Mary's Well and the Basilica. Continue to Mt.Carmel to visit Our Lady of Stella Maris Church and Elijah's Cave at the Carmelite monastery, before ending your day at your hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Day 9 - Old City/Christian Shrines/Garden Tomb/Lord's Supper
Enter the Old City through St.Stephen's Gate, stopping at the Pools of Bethesda before continuing on the Via Dolorosa and Way of the Cross. Included are stops at the Chapel of the Flagellation, Lithostrotos, and the Arch of Ecco Homo and all remaining Stations of the Cross before arriving at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Return to your hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Day 10 - Jerusalem/Bethlehem
Begin your day in Jerusalem at the top of the Mount of Olives with it's famous view of the Temple Mount. Walking down the Mount of Olives, you stop at Dominus Flevit where Jesus wept over Jerusalem before passing by the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene; on our way to the Garden of Gethsemane to view the venerable olive trees which witnessed Jesus solitary vigil. Visit the Church of All Nations. This afternoon continue to Bethlehem, passing the Tomb of Rachel and the Field of Boaz. In Bethlehem, you'll visit Grotto of the Nativity, the Oratory of the Manager and the cave where St.Jerome lived the latter portion of his life after translating the Bible into Latin. Complete the afternoon with a visit to the Shepard's Field before returning before returning to your Jerusalem hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 11 - Tel Aviv/Frankfurt/Dallas
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Frankfurt. Change planes to Dallas

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