Meidum and Hawara Day tour

Pick you up from your hotel and drive you to  Meidum pyramids, the original builder of this Step Pyramid was Huni, the last king of the 3rd Dynasty. Continued by king 'Snofru the builder of two other pyramids at Dashur. The reason why this king would have wanted 3 pyramids(making him the most productive pyramid builder in the history of Egypt) is not known. It is also not known whether the conversion of the original Step Pyramid into a true Pyramid was completed. recent archaeological research has found no trace of tools or equipment that would have been left behind by the workers, had they witnessed the pyramid's collapse. If this pyramid collapsed, it must have been at a much later date than was assumed. It is also very likely that this monument, like so many others, fell victim to local peasants quarrying for stone.

Lunch optional in a near local restaurant, 

Drive to Fayoum and stop to see our next site which belongs to King Amenmhet, King Amenemhet III built two pyramids one in Dahashor (now called black pyramid)  and Hawara Pyramid, The pyramid’s core was built entirely of mud-brick with only an outer in limestone. The limestone encasing has been pillaged by stone robbers centuries ago but the limestone core remains, giving the modern visitor the impression of Amud brick Mountain. the pyramid was found to contain two sarcophagi one for Amenemhet III and one for his daughter nefer -path. She was buried temporarily in her father’s pyramid until her tomb could be completed. The burial chamber is often rightly described as a technical marvel. It is carved from a single piece of hard quartzite into a rectangular. when the burials had been completed the chamber was sealed by a single roofing slab of some 45 tons. 

After finishing the tour  drive you back to the hotel and wish you a very nice day