Viking officially named its newest ship to join its growing fleet in Egypt in a ceremony held in Cairo on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n
The 82-passenger Viking Osiris will sail the company\u2019s existing 12-day
\nPharaohs & Pyramids itinerary and will join the Viking Ra on the
\nNile River.<\/p>\n
The ship was christened by Viking’s first-ever godfather, George Herbert, the 8th Earl of Carnarvon. He is the great-grandson of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who is best remembered for financing and participating in the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. <\/p>\n
Herbert’s wife — Lady Fiona, the Countess of Carnarvon — served as godmother of Viking’s newest ocean
\nship, the Viking Mars, as well as the river ship Viking Skadi. He said it was an honor to be Viking\u2019s first godfather.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis
\n is especially the case in the centenary year of my great-grandfather\u2019s
\ndiscovery of the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun,\u201d he said. \u201cNo
\ndoubt he and my great-grandmother, Lady Almina, would have been
\ndelighted to board the Viking Osiris had it been sailing in their day.\u201d<\/p>\n