Minya: Beni Hasan & Amarna Tombs Tour

Minya rarely makes it onto standard itineraries, yet the rock-cut tombs of Beni Hasan preserve some of Egypt's liveliest wall paintings — wrestling matches, dancers, and daily life scenes from 4,000 years ago, carved into cliffs above the Nile. Continue to Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived capital Pharaoh Akhenaten built for his monotheistic sun-god religion before it was abandoned and erased from later records.