Djed Arts and Nu-Beyond are proud to announce our first study tour entitled INFOCATION: the Information – Vacation to Egypt / Kemit 2008. We have created this concept to capture the fact that we recognize that we all need a break from the stresses of Living in Babylon, so what better than to have an INFOCATION in the original Afrikan nation where you can combine the best of both worlds; whilst checking out an awesome contribution that our ancestors made to world history and civilization.

The tour will be led by Bro Rey Bowen who has been travelling to Egypt regularly since 1984 and he has worked, lived and lectured there. He organised the first ever African-centred study tours from the UK, led by Dr Charles S Finch III, in 1989. Rey has built up an impressive list of contacts in Egypt with his 24 years experience of personal research, study tours and network building.

His forthcoming book: Maat, Precision in Time and Space: How Kamite (Egyptian) Science, Technology and Religion Affects us Today, London: (2008) Learning By Choice Publications, will be the focus of his lectures as he demonstrates how an understanding of the past is crucial to living in the present and safeguarding the future. There will also be lectures by Dr. William ‘Lez’ Henry and we will have regular reasoning sessions as well as a lot of fun in one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

Below are links to sites providing details of the hotels the tour group will stay at:

http://www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/africa/egypt/egypt-nile/luxor/hotels/steigenberger-nile-palace-hotel.html

http://www.moevenpick-hotels.com/hotels/Cairo_Media_City/welcome.htm

http://www.moevenpick-hotels.com/hotels/Aswan/welcome.htm

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INFOCATION ITINERARY

31/7/08: Fly from UK - PM Arrive Cairo - Met at airport and transferred to hotel - Eve: Orientation session and Group Introductions

1/8/08: AM. After breakfast drive to sites with air conditioned bus to visit the Giza complex of Pyramids and the Pyramids at Saqqarah to see the first ever written religious and philosophical texts. Also see Zoser’s Step Pyramid designed by the Great architect and Medical Doctor, Imhotep. Return early afternoon, free time. (Eve: Lecture)

2/8/08: AM. Visit the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, the largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts on the planet. This collection will fulfill your every dream when you see a portion of what Africa gave to the rest of the world. Afternoon tour to the Khan Khalili the largest Bazaar in Africa, where you can buy pharaonic designed bone-china dinner sets, material, curtains, etc. PM. We will have a group dinner at Felfela a popular restaurant which serves authentic Egyptian food. Once you have tasted their falafels and vegetable or meat Kebabs there will be no turning back.

3/8/08: AM. Drive to the rock tombs of Beni Hassan. Here you will see early depictions of dance and gymnastics, and for martial art enthusiasts there are paintings of warriors going through their forms. The martial art visuals predate any showing Ta Mo, the Indian monk, who brought martial arts to the Shaolin Temple, China, by over 1000years. PM. We will fly to Aswan, where we will be met and transferred to our hotel.

4/8/08: AM An early morning drive through the Nubian Desert to the Sudanese border on the banks of Lake Nasser to visit the magnificent colossuses at Abu Simbel. Here you will see the rock hewn temples of Ra Mes Ses II and his first Royal Wife, Nefertari. These magnificent structures are accurately aligned to solar risings. In the afternoon, visit a Nubian Village to get hair plaited and to experience African-Egyptian culture. (Eve: Lecture)

5/8/08: AM, visit the Temple dedicated to Aset (Isis) on the island of Philae and then to the Temple dedicated to the neter Sobek, the crocodile, at Kom Ombo. Kom Ombo has carvings of the medical instruments used during the dynastic period to carry out operations on people.

6/8/08: Chill out: or optional visit to the Tombs of the Nubian Nobles, Nubian Museum and/or a camel ride in the Nubian desert to visit the Christian Monastery of St Simeon. PM Fly to Luxor

7/8/08: One day Nile Cruise from dawn to dusk, from Luxor to Denderah, visiting the temple dedicated to Hat Hor. Here you will see an early sculpture of the circular Zodiac. This will be one of the most peaceful times you will ever experience sailing down the Nile with stupendous African imagery viewed on either side of this great African river.

8/8/08: AM, East Bank, visit Luxor Temple made over a 500 year period to symbolize the inner meaning of the human journey through life and death and used as an institute of learning. Then to Karnak Temple, a massive 600 acre complex where each successive pharaoh tried to outdo one another by adding more impressively built sections, including the 1st courtyard built by the 25th Napatan Dynasty from Sudan. All temples were accurately aligned to various solar and stellar risings. (Eve: Lecture)

9/8/08: AM. West Bank, visit the original art deco temple of female pharaoh Hatshepsut. Mr R Van Loo, ex-chief survey of a London borough said on visiting this site and seeing the design: “This temple isn’t supposed to be here at this site for another 3000 years in the future, in our time. How could the architect have conceived such ideas, back then!” Then onto the tombs at the Valley of Kings and the little known tombs of the Valley of the Queens, and a visit to Ra Mes Ses III’s temple complex at Medinat Habu. (optional visit to the restored tomb of Nefetari and/or Luxor Museum) (Eve: Lecture)

10/8/08: Air conditioned coach trip to the Red Sea. Enjoy a boat trip to the coral reef where you can swim, snorkel or beach comb in this magnificent part of the world. (Eve: Lecture + Debriefing)

11/8/08: Return to the UK

Pictures from previous Djed Art Egypt Tours