Tourism and Archeology

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  • Illegal excavation foiled, may lead to important archaeological discovery in Aswan

    Date: 2017-09-24 22:46:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:78 - ID:7007477

    ASWAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - Tourism Police Department on Sunday foiled an attempt to illegally dig for antiquities near Edfu Temple district of northern Aswan. Police officers have found out a hole that lead to stone blocks expected to be ancient ....

  • Egypt, Algeria discuss coop. in tourism field

    Date: 2017-09-24 15:44:01 GMT - Algeria - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:7006950

    ALGIERS, Sept 24 (MENA) – Egypt’s Ambassador to Algeria Omar Abu-Aish met on Sunday with Algerian Minister of Tourism and Handicraft Hassan Marmouri to discuss means of boosting bilateral cooperation in the tourism field. Speaking to MENA, ....

  • Min. chairs first meeting on Rosetta city monuments project

    Date: 2017-09-24 15:37:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:52 - ID:7006951

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani chaired on Sunday the first meeting of a higher committee to supervise the implementation of Rosetta city monuments project. The committee’s meeting, the first to be organized since its ....

  • Rwandan amb. in Cairo visits Aswan's Nile Museum

    Date: 2017-09-24 15:13:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:51 - ID:7006921

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Sept 24 (MENA) - Rwandan Ambassador here Sheikh Saleh Habimana visited Sunday Nile Museum here affiliated to the Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry. In statements on Sunday, the director of the museum Hisham Farghaly said ....

  • Russian official optimistic about return of Russian flights to Egypt soon

    Date: 2017-09-24 13:24:14 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:38 - ID:7006672

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - Deputy head of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency Roman Skory said he is optimistic about the return of the Russian aviation to Egypt soon. There are contacts with the Egyptian side in this regard, he noted, saying that ....

  • Irish media delegation shoots documentary on ancient Egyptian civilization

    Date: 2017-09-23 13:59:50 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:7005282

    ASWAN, Sept 23 (MENA) - A media delegation from Irish Tile Films production company ended Saturday a visit to Aswan to shoot a documentary film on ancient Egyptian civilization among a series of documentary films on holy sites around the ....

  • Official: Tourism industry 'vital' to achieve societal development

    Date: 2017-09-22 21:23:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:7004320

    TOKYO, Sept 22 (MENA) - Egyptian Deputy Tourism Minister Adela Ragab on Friday said the tourism sector plays a vital role, not only in creating jobs, but also in achieving societal development through community integration in tourism-related ....

  • British newspaper publishes report inviting readers to visit Cairo

    Date: 2017-09-20 14:14:03 GMT - United Kingdom - Tourism and Archeology - SN:46 - ID:7000728

    LONDON, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Independent newspaper issued on Wednesday a report entitled "Cairo city guide" to encourage readers to spend a weekend in Egypt's capital. The British newspaper stated that Cairo might be a big, noisy, traffic-logged ....

  • Museum of Islamic Art receives pieces seized at Cairo airport

    Date: 2017-09-20 09:46:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:7000226

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Museum of Islamic Art received Wednesday some archaeological pieces that had been seized in a foiled smuggling attempt at Cairo airport. The pieces were planned to be spirited out of the country to Istanbul, Turkey. ....

  • Egypt's tourism authority takes part in Moscow's tourism fair

    Date: 2017-09-19 16:49:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:56 - ID:6999438

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - The Egyptian Tourism ِAuthority will participate in the Leisure International Trade Fair for Travel and Tourism, held in Moscow. Ahead of leaving Cairo for Russia, the authority chairman Hisham el Demeiry said the three-day ....

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