Tourism and Archeology

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  • SCA documents 22 new incons in several churches

    Date: 2018-01-11 14:06:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:7185670

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - The board of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) agreed during its recent session to document 10 icons from Anba Maqar church at Atris village in Imaba area, Giza governorate, in the antiquities book of the ....

  • Antiquities ministry unveils new archaeological discovery in Aswan

    Date: 2018-01-11 10:35:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:7185155

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - An Egyptian-US archaeological mission has unveiled a new archaeological discovery at Tell Edfu area in Aswan, the Antiquities Ministry said on Thursday. The mission unearthed an ancient administrative complex dating back to ....

  • Demeiri: Vatican's promoting for Egypt's religious tourism as part of Christian pilgrimage

    Date: 2018-01-10 15:36:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:60 - ID:7184194

    CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - The Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority Hisham el Demeiri said Wednesday that promoting the religious tourism in Egypt (the journey of the Holy Family) by the Vatican as part of the Christian pilgrimage is a great ....

  • 14 hot air balloon flights take off in Luxor

    Date: 2018-01-10 11:49:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:32 - ID:7183725

    LUXOR, Jan 10 (MENA) – 14 hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor, carrying 260 tourists of various nationalities, a source at the air balloon airport in Luxor said on Wednesday. The flights resumed after the airport received confirmed reports ....

  • Hot air balloon flights resume in Luxor

    Date: 2018-01-06 12:43:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:32 - ID:7177265

    LUXOR, Egypt, Jan 6 (MENA) - Hot air balloon flights resumed in Luxor Saturday morning, amid high turnout of tourists who are keen on enjoying such flights to fly over the city's archaeological sites, an official in al Qurna airport for balloons, in ....

  • South Sinai governor says regular flights between Milan, Sharm El Sheikh soon

    Date: 2018-01-04 18:17:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:7174968

    EL TOR, Egypt, Jan 4 (MENA) – Regular flights will be run between Italy’s Milan and Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh as of January 26, South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda said on Thursday. Fouda clarified that one weekly flight would be run by Air Cairo ....

  • Prince Henrik of Denmark arrives at Sharm El Sheikh

    Date: 2018-01-04 17:43:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:57 - ID:7174907

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Jan 4 (MENA) - Prince Henrik, husband of Queen of Denmark, arrived Thursday at Sharm El Sheikh international airport for vacation. The prince was accompanied by an Egyptian-Danish friend to the royal family Anan el ....

  • Religious Complex ready to receive visitors during Xmas

    Date: 2018-01-03 14:41:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:7172765

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said that the Religious Complex in Old Cairo is ready to receive its visitors during Christmas celebrations on Sunday. The complex contains one of ....

  • Egypt to retrieve 3 parts of various mummies from US - Antiquities Ministry

    Date: 2018-01-03 14:17:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:37 - ID:7172688

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry will retrieve during the coming few days three parts of various mummies; a head, a right hand and a left hand. The parts of the mummies will be handed to the Egyptian consulate in New York during a ....

  • Remains of mud-brick walls, two statues of King Psamtik I unearthed in Tell el-Farain

    Date: 2018-01-02 11:27:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:33 - ID:7170346

    CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry announced its archaeological mission had uncovered the remains of mud-brick walls dating back to different eras of ancient Egyptian civilization in Tal el Ferien area in Kafr el Sheikh ....

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