Tourism and Archeology

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  • Antiquities min. inspects workflow at Abydos archaeological site

    Date: 2018-08-04 20:33:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:7518834

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani inspected on Saturday Abydos archaeological site, southern Sohag governorate in Upper Egypt, Antiquities Ministry said in a statement. The minister's visit came to follow up the development ....

  • Over 5,000 people visited replicas exhibition in Italy in 1 month -- ministry

    Date: 2018-08-04 14:46:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:30 - ID:7518409

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Executive Director of the Archaeological Replicas Unit at the Ministry of Antiquities Amr el Tibi has termed as "successful" an exhibition of replica antiquities, currently held in Viterbo, Italy, saying that more than 5,000 ....

  • Antiquities min. inspects archaeological sites in Sohag governorate

    Date: 2018-08-04 13:51:40 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:28 - ID:7518404

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani, accompanied by Governor of Sohag Ayman Abdel Moneim, inspected Saturday a number of archaeological sites in the Upper Egyptian governorate. Anani visited the under-construction Sohag ....

  • Sharm el Sheikh museum construction works start at cost of EGP 250m

    Date: 2018-08-04 13:20:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:26 - ID:7518292

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) – The National Company for General Contracting and Supplies started on Saturday construction of Sharm el Sheikh museum at a total cost of EGP 250 million. A statement by South Sinai governorate said governor ....

  • Antiquities min. to inspect Sohag Museum, Kebash Road development projects

    Date: 2018-08-03 20:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:7517692

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani is due to pay an inspection tour to follow up the ongoing development projects of Sohag National Museum and Luxor's Kebash Road Saturday. The two projects are scheduled to be inaugurated ....

  • Grand Egyptian Museum receives head of King Senusert I

    Date: 2018-08-03 18:13:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:62 - ID:7517157

    Giza, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received on Friday the red granite head of the statue of King Senusret I from an antiquities' storehouse in Cairo Citadel in order to be displayed with the opening of the museum in 2019. In a ....

  • Italian FM to visit Egyptian Museum Sunday

    Date: 2018-08-03 17:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:60 - ID:7517394

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani will receive on Sunday Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square. In a statement on Friday, the Antiquities Ministry said that they will ....

  • Swiss court obliges company to submit papers of statue of King Khufu’s son to Egypt

    Date: 2018-08-02 16:53:53 GMT - Switzerland - Tourism and Archeology - SN:63 - ID:7516153

    GENEVA, Aug 2 (MENA) – The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland forced a company in Geneva to deliver the papers of a statue of King Khufu’s son to the Egyptian authorities. Being delivered to Egypt, the papers would enable the Egyptian ....

  • Protective zone erected around 20 archaeological sites in Rosetta, says official

    Date: 2018-07-31 16:26:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:7513174

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - A protective area has been established around 20 archaeological buildings out of 39 in Rosetta city, a well-placed Antiquities Ministry official said. In statements on Tuesday, Gamal Mostafa, the head of the Antiquities ....

  • Pharaonic burial chambers unearthed in Minya

    Date: 2018-07-31 14:31:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:7512944

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Australian mission of Australia's Macquarie University discovered on Tuesday, during excavation work, burial chambers of two senior state officials of Pharaohs' Middle Kingdom of Egypt in Bani Hasan cemetery in ....

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