Tourism and Archeology

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  • Luxor deputy governor, French consul in Cairo discuss tourism cooperation

    Date: 2019-11-06 13:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:8176870

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) - Luxor Deputy Governor Mohamed Abdel Kader Khairy conferred on Wednesday with French Consul General in Cairo François Pugeaut on means of attracting more French tourists to the city which contains one third of the ....

  • Int'l archaeologists laud Egypt's Mohamed Ali Palace

    Date: 2019-11-06 13:02:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:8176875

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Participants in the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE XII) have praised the splendor of the architecture, contents and garden of Mohamed Ali Palace and Museum in Cairo's El-Manial district. They gave ....

  • Tourism minister receives WTM "Global Leaders Award" for 2019

    Date: 2019-11-05 22:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:102 - ID:8176156

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Ministry of Tourism won the 2019 World Travel Market (WTM) Global Leaders Award for “Outstanding Achievements to the Industry" over the past two years. Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat received the award during a Tuesday ....

  • Tourism minister probes cooperation with her Bulgarian counterpart

    Date: 2019-11-05 19:50:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:90 - ID:8175853

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat discussed on Tuesday with her Bulgarian counterpart Nikolina Angelkova pushing forward joint cooperation. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition ....

  • First Roman catacomb found in Saqqara

    Date: 2019-11-05 12:12:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:8175181

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Japanese joint archaeological mission working in northern Saqqara unearthed a Roman catacomb dating back to the first and second centuries. The mission - under Nozomu Kawai of Japan's Kanazawa University - ....

  • Tourism minister opens Egypt's pavilion at WTM expo in London

    Date: 2019-11-04 19:45:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:76 - ID:8174450

    CAIRO, Nov 4 (MNEA) – Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat opened on Monday Egypt's pavilion at the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition, hosted by London on November 4-6. The minister underscored the importance of Egypt’s participation in the ....

  • House Speaker lauds bill on restructuring GEM body

    Date: 2019-11-04 17:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:71 - ID:8174365

    CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) – Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal has praised a government-proposed bill on restructuring the governing body of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). He made his statements on Monday at a House plenary session ....

  • CNN broadcasts filmed report on kitesurfing in Egypt

    Date: 2019-11-03 13:08:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:34 - ID:8172131

    CAIRO, Nov 3 (MENA) - CNN broadcast a filmed report on kitesurfing in the Red Sea in Egypt. During the two-minute report, the CNN new channel shed light on this kind of sport which attracts tourists to practice it in Egypt. The channel also ....

  • Visiting hours of Tutankhamun exhibition in London extended on back of great turnout

    Date: 2019-11-03 11:16:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:8172023

    LONDON, Nov 3 (MENA) - The company organizing the exhibition of "Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh" decided to extend the visiting hours because of a high turnout. In a statement of Sunday, the company said that the visit hours will ....

  • 285,000 tickets for Tutankhamun exhibition in London sold before its official opening

    Date: 2019-11-02 12:58:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:18 - ID:8171144

    CAIRO, Nov 2 (MENA) - The Ministry of Antiquities said that 285,000 tickets for King Tutankhamun exhibition in London were sold before the event’s official opening. London is the third stop to host "Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh" ....

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