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Tourism and Archeology
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22 hot air balloons take off in Luxor
Date: 2018-02-04 10:03:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:26 - ID:7226500
LUXOR, Feb 4 (MENA) - Twenty-two hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor on Sunday after weather conditions improved, carrying 300 tourists of various nationalities, said head of Luxor Balloon Hisham el Desouky. The flights, operated by several ....
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US tourist delegation visits Fuwwah in Kafr El Sheikh
Date: 2018-02-03 18:10:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:54 - ID:7225808
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Feb 3 (MENA) - A US tourist delegation visited Saturday the city of Fuwwah in Kafr El Sheikh governorate to inspect the city's heritage sites. In press statements, Kafr El Sheikh Governor el Sayed Nasr said the delegation ....
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Pyramids development project cost EGP 400 mln - Antiquities Ministry
Date: 2018-02-03 14:06:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:33 - ID:7225271
GIZA, Egypt, Feb 3 (MENA) - The general supervisor of pyramids plateau development project Mohamed Ismail said that the cost of the venture reached EGP 400 million since 2016 besides EGP 151 million before the suspension of the work in 2009. The ....
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Hot air balloon rides cancelled in Luxor due to bad weather
Date: 2018-02-03 12:49:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:7225212
LUXOR, Feb 3 (MENA) - Director of Hot Air Balloon Airport in Luxor's West Bank Essam Abdel Aziz said Saturday that all hot air balloon rides were cancelled this morning due to bad weather condition. Luxor international airport tower control said ....
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4,400-year-old tomb of Egyptian priestess unearthed in Giza: minister
Date: 2018-02-03 11:19:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:24 - ID:7225019
GIZA, Egypt, Feb 3 (MENA) – Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani announced on Saturday that archaeologists have discovered a tomb of an Egyptian ancient priestess in the Fifth Dynasty. The tomb is believed to be about 4,400 years old, Anani ....
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173,000 Egyptian, foreign tourists visited Pyramids on Jan 19-31: official
Date: 2018-02-01 16:38:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:78 - ID:7222496
GIZA, Egypt, Feb 1 (MENA) - As many as 173,000 Egyptian and foreign tourists visited the Pyramids Plateau on January 19-31, which coincides with the mid-year academic vacation, director-general of the plateau Ashraf Mohie said in statements ....
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Three wells unearthed in Giza's Abusir region
Date: 2018-02-01 13:20:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:7222024
CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) – A committee affiliated to the Ministry of Antiquities has unearthed three wells found carved in rock in Giza’s Abusir area during archaeological excavations. Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mustafa ....
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A bus-sized dinosaur is found in Egypt and it offers a clue to an ancient mystery
Date: 2018-01-31 14:16:08 GMT - USA - Tourism and Archeology - SN:75 - ID:7220594
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur in Egypt -- and it's a big deal. First, let's talk size. The dino, Mansourasaurus shahinae, was the length of a school bus and about as heavy as an elephant, weighting ....
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16 hot air balloon flights take off in Luxor
Date: 2018-01-31 11:06:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:7220046
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Jan 31 (MENA) - Sixteen hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor Wednesday, carrying 306 tourists of various nationalities. The flights resumed after a two-day halt due to bad weather and low visibility. (MENA) M A E/D A E ....
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Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open
Date: 2018-01-31 05:36:30 GMT - USA - Tourism and Archeology - SN:1 - ID:7219444
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay military prison open, CNN reported. Trump announced the move in his State of the Union address. The decision reverses that of former ....
