Tourism and Archeology

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  • Restored monuments exhibition to be opened on Thursday

    Date: 2016-01-12 08:58:21 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:17 - ID:4096701

    CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - An exhibition of restored monuments will be opened on Thursday at the Egyptian Museum in Downtown Cairo, the minister of antiquities said. In statements Tuesday, Mamdouh Damaty said the exhibition will showcase 226 ....

  • Czech embassy denies upping alert on travelling to Egypt over Hurghada attack

    Date: 2016-01-12 08:27:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:13 - ID:4096301

    CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Czech embassy in Cairo denied reports by the Turkish news agency Anadolu alleging that the Czech Foreign Ministry upped security alert concerning travelling to Egypt. In a statement on Tuesday, the embassy said the ....

  • Fayyoum governor reviews final preparations for new fossil museum

    Date: 2016-01-11 16:36:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:4093277

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Jan 11 (MENA) – Fayyoum Governor Wael Makram received Monday Chairman of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency Ahmed Abul Seoud to review the latest preparations for opening a fossil museum. The meeting took up preparations ....

  • Egypt guest of honor at tourism forum in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2016-01-11 14:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:4091937

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - The first Arab tourism forum will take place in Riyadh on January 15-16 and Egypt will be this year's exhibition's guest of honor. In statements to MENA on Monday, Egyptian tourism expert Sameh Saad said the forum will be ....

  • Tourism rate down by 37.8% in Nov.

    Date: 2016-01-11 11:40:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:34 - ID:4090605

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - The number of tourists visiting Egypt declined in November by about 37.8% as the country received nearly 558,600 tourists against 898,200 in the same month last year, an official annual bulletin said. The tourists came ....

  • PM opens Nile Museum in Aswan

    Date: 2016-01-10 16:35:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:89 - ID:4086633

    ASWAN, Egypt, Jan 10 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail inaugurated on Sunday Nile Museum in Aswan in a large ceremony attended by Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi and a host of senior officials, public figures as well as ....

  • Egypt to retrieve number of stolen wooden shims from London

    Date: 2016-01-10 14:50:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:71 - ID:4085841

    CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry will retrieve a number of wooden shims from London within the upcoming period. This came after the Antiquities Ministry succeeded in approving Egypt's ownership of the wooden shims. The wooden ....

  • Tourism ministers leaves for Hurghada to follow up repercussions of terror attack

    Date: 2016-01-09 10:57:39 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:4078237

    CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou left for Hurghada to follow up the repercussions of the terrorist attack against a hotel. The minister will visit the injured tourists in the attack and check on tourist resorts there. He ....

  • 254 tourists arrive at Hurghada on board cruise ship

    Date: 2016-01-09 09:13:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:19 - ID:4077449

    HURGHADA, Jan 9 (MENA) - As many as 254 tourists of different nationalities arrived at Hurghada port on Saturday. Passport procedures were finalized aboard the ship, said Abdel Rehim Moustafa, the media spokesman for the Red Sea Ports ....

  • Nile Museum to be inaugurated on Sunday: irrigation min.

    Date: 2016-01-08 14:53:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:71 - ID:4074917

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi announced Friday that the new Nile Museum in Aswan will be inaugurated on Sunday. The inauguration will take place in the presence of ambassadors of the Nile Basin ....

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