Tourism and Archeology

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  • 500 German tourists arrive Luxor

    Date: 2016-11-17 17:38:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:5982293

    LUXOR, Nov 17 (MENA) - Four charter flights carrying 500 German tourists arrived at Luxor International Airport on Thursday. The visitors are scheduled to tour a number of tourist attractions in the ancient city. Director of Public Relations ....

  • Egypt recovers stolen ancient artifact from Switzerland

    Date: 2016-11-17 12:15:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:5979801

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – The Egyptian Embassy in Switzerland has restored an ancient artifact that was stolen in 1990 from the Behbeit El Hagar Museum in Gharbia governorate. In a statement, released by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, Egypt’s ....

  • Paddles of 2nd Khufu boat started to be lifted

    Date: 2016-11-17 12:13:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:40 - ID:5979513

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Japanese team of the second solar boat of the Pharaonic King Khufu project started to lift the boat’s paddles, said President of Higashi Nippon International University and Head of the Japanese team at the project ....

  • 17 planes arrive in Luxor as part of international air rally competition

    Date: 2016-11-16 15:25:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:51 - ID:5975001

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Nov 16 (MENA) - Luxor International Airport received 17 planes participating in international air rally, said Director of Public Relations at Luxor Airport Bekhit Khairy. The rally, which is organized by the British air royal, ....

  • Archaeologist Abdel Halim Nour el Din passes away

    Date: 2016-11-16 11:56:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:28 - ID:5972865

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - President of the Association of Egyptian Archaeologists Abdel Halim Nour el Din passed away on Wednesday at the age of 73. Nour el Din was also the head of the Egyptian antiquities authority and former secretary general of ....

  • Antiquities minister denies decreasing prices of entry to tourist sites, destinations

    Date: 2016-11-14 19:19:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:85 - ID:5962565

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani on Monday denied media reports that the entry fees to Egyptian archaeological and tourist sites and destinations have been decreased. On the sidelines of his participation in Akhbar Al ....

  • Tourism minister sets six axes for recovery of tourism industry

    Date: 2016-11-14 18:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:78 - ID:5962761

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Yehia Rashid set Monday six axes for the recovery of tourism industry in Egypt. Addressing Akhbar El Yom’s third economic conference, Rashid said they are focusing on technology and digital language, ....

  • Tourism promotion authority chief heads for Italy

    Date: 2016-11-14 13:15:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:5959881

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Chairman of the Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) Hisham el Demeiri left Cairo Monday for Rome to launch an Egyptian tourism promotion campaign in Italy to capitalize on the successful visit by Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed in ....

  • Egypt, Tunisia cooperate in museum field

    Date: 2016-11-14 10:48:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:5959309

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Egyptian national Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and its Tunisian counterpart launched a joint cooperation plan that aims at bolstering cooperation in the museums' field. In statements on ....

  • EgyptAir operates new flight between Madrid, Luxor in December

    Date: 2016-11-14 10:15:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:14 - ID:5958829

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - As of December, EgyptAir will operate a new weekly flight from Madrid to Luxor, said the board chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company. A Boeing 737 is to take off from Madrid to Luxor on December 5, Safwat Moslem said in a ....

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