Tourism and Archeology
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Ramses II statue to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum - Antiquities Ministry
Date: 2017-12-25 13:51:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:7158510
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Antiquities Ministry Khaled el Anany inspected the Grand Egyptian Museum in Remaya Square Monday to follow up the preparations of transferring the Ramses II statue from the its current place in the museum to the main hall ....
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Year of 2017 is the best for Egypt tourism - official
Date: 2017-12-25 09:57:15 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:14 - ID:7157963
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Mohamed Othman, adviser to the tourism minister for Upper Egypt, said on Monday the year of 2017 is the best for Egypt tourism in terms of the number of tourists coming to the two Egyptian governorates of Luxor and ....
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Air Cairo operates 1st flight from Milan to Sharm El Sheikh
Date: 2017-12-25 09:20:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:10 - ID:7157791
HURGHADA, Dec 25 (MENA) - The first regular flight of "Air Cairo" arrived on Monday at Marsa Allam Airport coming from Italy's Milan city, with 170 tourists on board. In a statement, Director of Public Relations at Marsa Allam Airport Mohamed ....
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Huge turnout by foreign tourists on visiting Qaitbay Citadel in Alex.
Date: 2017-12-23 14:15:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:44 - ID:7155169
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec 23 (MENA) - The number of the foreign tourists visiting Qaitbay Citadel, that is considered one of the oldest Islamic landmarks in Egypt and the Arab world, increased noticeably at the same time of celebrating the advent of ....
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Sun illuminates Qasr Qaroun Temple in Fayyum
Date: 2017-12-21 12:27:48 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:28 - ID:7152169
FAYYUM, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Egyptian governorate of Fayyum celebrated on Thursday the alignment of the sun on the Holy of the Holies of Qasr Qaroun temple, located near the western edge of Lake Qarun in the governorate. On December 21, the sun ....
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Sun illuminates sanctuary of Egypt's ancient Karnak Temple
Date: 2017-12-21 09:24:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:16 - ID:7151621
LUXOR, Dec 21 (MENA) - A shaft of sunlight illuminated on Thursday the usually dark sanctum of the Karnak temple, an ancient complex in the southern city of Luxor, in a rare astronomical phenomenon that happens twice a year to mark the summer and ....
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New president of Arab federation of tour guides named
Date: 2017-12-20 11:49:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:7150308
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Tourism expert Mohamed Gharib was appointed on Wednesday as the new chairman of the Arab Federation of Tour Guides (AFTG) for a two-year term. The decision was made by the general assembly of the federation during their ....
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Rashed: Egyptian tourism overcame its crises
Date: 2017-12-20 10:14:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:17 - ID:7150029
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Yahia Rashed said on Wednesday that Egyptian tourism has overcome its crises and all its difficulties. In an interview with MENA, he added that tourism in 2018 will achieve more progress and development ....
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Belarus nationals seek to get e-visa to enter Egypt - diplomat
Date: 2017-12-20 09:18:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:13 - ID:7149873
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Belarus Ambassador here Sergei Rachkov said on Wednesday he discussed with Egyptian Tourism Minister Yahia Rashed boosting cooperation in the tourism domain, especially as regards the e-visa field. Rachkov, in statements ....
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Grand Egyptian Museum receives 3 antiquities of King Tutankhamun
Date: 2017-12-19 17:25:07 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:83 - ID:7149024
GIZA, EGYPT, Dec 19 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received three antiquities of King Tutankhamun as part of a project to move some of the antiquities from a number of Egyptian museums to GEM, to be inaugurated in 2018. In a statement on ....