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Direct flights from Malta to Egypt resume after 12-year hiatus

Date: 2019-09-05 14:33:28 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:8091630

CAIRO, Sept 5 (MENA) - Maltese national company Air Malta announced Thursday that it will resume direct flights to Cairo after a 12-year hiatus. Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat, in a statement, expressed happiness over the resumption of the ....

Development of Luxor Courniche to be finished before Opera Aida festival in October

Date: 2019-09-03 12:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:8088560

LUXOR, Egypt, Sept 3 (MENA) - Engineer Asa'ad Mostafa, the adviser of Luxor governor for architecture affairs, has said the project of developing Luxor Corniche will be finished early in October before the Opera Aida festival scheduled for October ....

Antiquities minister reopens Tanta museum after 19-year closure

Date: 2019-08-31 13:48:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:8084567

CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) – Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani and Gharbia Governor Hesham el Saeed inaugurated on Saturday the Tanta museum after it has been shut down for about 19 years. The Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement that the ....

Antiquities Ministry: Parts of Ramses II obelisk moved to Cairo

Date: 2019-08-30 14:13:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:8083488

CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) - The Ministry of Antiquities on Friday announced that parts of an obelisk of King Ramses II was transferred from Sharqia governorate to Cairo. The obelisk, which was discovered in San Al Hagar archaeological site in Sharqia, ....

Hurghada selected among world's top 25 best tourist destinations

Date: 2019-08-29 13:22:40 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:45 - ID:8082217

CAIRO, Aug 29 (MENA) - Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli said that all needed measures have been taken in cooperation with the ministries of tourism and environment to organize visits to the nature reserves and tourist attractions in Hurghada after ....

Restoration of Tut coffin to start in week, says GEM official

Date: 2019-08-28 11:39:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:42 - ID:8080260

CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - A process to restore the sarcophagus of famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun will start in a week, said Dr el Tayyeb Abbas, the director of archaeological affairs at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Wednesday. The restoration of ....

3 killed in ferry fire in southern Philippines

Date: 2019-08-28 06:48:25 GMT - Philippines - Tourism and Archeology - SN:11 - ID:8079938

MANILA, Aug 28 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and 245 others were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in the southern Philippines overnight, the coast guard said Wednesday as quoted by ABC. Search and rescue efforts were continuing ....

Cooperation protocol signed to establish museum at NAC

Date: 2019-08-27 22:51:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:79 - ID:8079821

CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) – Presidential Adviser on Financial Affairs Mohamed Amin Nasr and Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani on Tuesday witnessed the signing of a cooperation protocol to establish a new museum in the arts and culture city at the New ....

Italian, Spanish delegations visit archaeological sites in Minya

Date: 2019-08-24 14:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:8075055

MINYA, Egypt, Aug 24 (MENA) –Italian and Spanish delegations have visited Minya governorate to explore the governorate's archaeological and tourist attractions. In a statement on Saturday, Minya Governor Qasim Hussein said that the Upper Egyptian ....

Anani to lecture on Egypt's archaeological efforts in Netherlands

Date: 2019-08-20 17:39:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:56 - ID:8070321

CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani is set to participate on Wednesday in the opening of the International Congress for Young Egyptologists (ICYE) at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Upon an invitation from the ....