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Minister in Russia to support national team, promote tourism

Date: 2018-06-18 20:30:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:7449369

CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Rania El-Mashat said Monday she was keen to visit Russia's Saint Petersburg to support the national football team against hosts Russia in their second FIFA World Cup Group A clash, slated for ....

Head of tourism promotion authority receives Italian delegation

Date: 2018-06-17 17:46:50 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:7447961

CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority Ahmed Youssef received on Sunday a tourist delegation of UNITALSI, an Italian charity which organizes trips of the route of the holy family journey to Egypt. The ....

Italian delegation to arrive in Cairo Sunday to revive Holy Family's path

Date: 2018-06-16 19:47:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:46 - ID:7447012

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church Ibrahim Isaac is planned to receive on Sunday an Italian delegation, as the first group to follow up the steps of the route of the Holy Family in Egypt. Engy Lahzy, the guide to ....

Grand Egyptian Museum most important cultural event worldwide -- Official

Date: 2018-06-16 11:00:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:7446456

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) project is the most important cultural event in the 21st century worldwide, said the project supervisor Tarek Tawfiq in statements to MENA on Saturday. He added that the project will serve ....

EgyptAir launches 16 flights to bring home Umrah pilgrims

Date: 2018-06-16 09:40:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:17 - ID:7446316

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - EgyptAir launches 16 flights to bring home as many as 3,392 Egyptian Umrah pilgrims from Saudi Arabia. The company will launch 11 flights from Jeddah International Airport to fly home 2,231, besides five flights from ....

Egypt launches campaign to promote tourism during World Cup

Date: 2018-06-15 18:01:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:50 - ID:7445889

CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) – The Ministry of Tourism has launched a campaign to promote Egypt as a tourist destination in line with the start of the soccer World Cup in Russia. The slogan (Experience Egypt) was displayed on stadium billboards during ....

Antiquities Ministry: Route of Holy Family in Egypt to be listed by UNESCO

Date: 2018-06-14 15:48:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:73 - ID:7443958

CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anany on Thursday said the committee tasked with conducting studies on the archaeological sites included in the route of Holy Family in Egypt is preparing a file in preparation for enlisting ....

IDSC denies reports on robbery at Tuna el Gebel's archaeological site in Minya

Date: 2018-06-14 13:28:33 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:50 - ID:7443854

CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) on Thursday denied reports circulated on social media and several websites, claiming that the archaeological site in Minya's Tuna el Gebel has been looted. In a ....

New archaeological find unearthed in Elkab desert in Edfu

Date: 2018-06-13 10:24:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:24 - ID:7442322

CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The Egyptian-American archaeological mission uncovered a site that was used as a quarry during different dynastic periods of ancient Egypt, the Antiquities Ministry said Wednesday. The site was unearthed during Elkab ....

Luxor hosts 12th International Congress of Egyptologists next year

Date: 2018-06-13 10:18:36 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:7442267

CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry announced that Luxor will host the XIIth International Congress of Egyptologists from November 9 to 14, 2019. The event, to be held under the aegis of the Egyptian prime minister, is organized by ....