Tourism and Archeology

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  • Egypt restores last part of Seshen-Nefertem stela from Australia

    Date: 2019-02-21 09:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:20 - ID:7814494

    CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Australia handed over to the Egyptian embassy in Canberra the fourth and last part of Seshen-Nefertem stela which was smuggled from Egypt in the 1990s. In 2017, Egypt restored three parts of stela of Seshen-Nefertem from ....

  • More flights to Luxor over solar illumination of Ramses II statue

    Date: 2019-02-20 20:01:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:79 - ID:7814096

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - EgyptAir Express said on Wednesday that it will operate 15 more flights to carry 1,000 tourists wishing to attend a celebration marking the solar illumination of Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel temple in Aswan. The ....

  • Sun rays illuminate face of Ramses II in Aswan Friday for 20 minutes

    Date: 2019-02-20 09:22:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:7813018

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Sun rays will illuminate the face of Ramses II statue in its sanctuary in the Abu Simple temple in south Aswan on Friday for 20 minutes in a rare phenomenon that takes place twice a year. For most of the year, the inner ....

  • Aswan governor urges Chinese tourists to visit Aswan

    Date: 2019-02-20 07:09:48 GMT - China - Tourism and Archeology - SN:5 - ID:7812798

    BEIJING, Feb 20 (MENA) - Governor of the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan Ahmed Ibrahim urged the Chinese tourists to visit the city. In statements to Xinhua published on Wednesday, Ibrahim said the strong relations between Egyptian President ....

  • German tourist delegation visits Minya

    Date: 2019-02-19 14:30:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:75 - ID:7811973

    MINYA, Egypt, Feb 19 (MENA) - A German tourist delegation arrived in Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt, to visit the archaeological sites. In a statement on Tuesday, Minya Governor Qassim Hussein said his governorate seeks to put itself on the ....

  • Egyptian-European committee for developing Tahrir Museum wraps up meetings

    Date: 2019-02-19 13:54:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:72 - ID:7811975

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Egyptian-European committee has wrapped up its meetings to outline a future strategy on presentation techniques at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in accordance to international standards, the Ministry of ....

  • Egypt seeks to make use of recent growth in tourism rates, says min.

    Date: 2019-02-18 19:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:7810971

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat on Monday praised the tourism sector as one of the most growing sectors worldwide. Speaking at a press conference with the board of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, Mashat said her ministry ....

  • French team completes documentary on Nile River in Egypt

    Date: 2019-02-18 10:36:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:28 - ID:7809842

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - A delegation of the French television wrapped up a visit to Egypt Monday after completing a documentary on the Nile River. Directed by Romain Fleury, the French documentary depicts the Nile as the source of ....

  • Egypt to restore gilded coffin of Nedjemankh from US

    Date: 2019-02-16 16:55:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:7807519

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Egypt will be able to restore a first-century BC gilded coffin from the US after it was proven that the archaeological piece was smuggled outside Egypt in the 1970s, the Antiquities Ministry said on Saturday. In a press ....

  • Mashat: Sports tourism attracts tourists worldwide

    Date: 2019-02-15 14:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:46 - ID:7805911

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Rania Al Mashat said that the ministry supports all efforts which aim at promoting tourism in Egypt with its different types. Mashat's remarks came Friday on the fringe of her participating in Pyramids ....

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