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Royal Jewelry Museum to be reopened Sunday
Date: 2014-10-15 11:45:52 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:33 - ID:1130385
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty will open the Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria on Sunday. The museum was closed in 2011 over security concerns. The minister said admission to the museum would be free to the public till the end of ....
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Culture min. meets Thai amb.
Date: 2014-10-14 16:51:27 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:69 - ID:1125933
Culture Minister Gaber Asfour met on Tuesday with Thailand's Ambassador to Egypt Peerasak Chantavarin. The minister underlined the importance of further boosting bilateral cultural cooperation by exchanging views and holding "cultural weeks" in ....
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Antiquities Min. says visit to Paris was to bolster UNESCO-Egypt cooperation
Date: 2014-10-09 11:01:45 GMT - France - Culture - SN:10 - ID:1089525
Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el-Damaty said Wednesday that the aim behind his visit to Paris is to bolster cooperation between Egypt and UNESCO in the field of restoring a number of Egyptian museums. The visit also came as a response ....
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All tourist sites, museums to be open for free Saturday - Minister
Date: 2014-09-26 14:36:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:13 - ID:1018997
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said on Friday that all tourist sites and museums across the nation will be open for free to visitors for two days starting Saturday. This comes on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, Damaty said. He ....
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Reopening of Abu-Simbel Temple marks 46th anniversary
Date: 2014-09-22 10:48:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:46 - ID:988349
Some 46 years ago, Abu-Simbel Temple was re-opened for visitors, after it was rescued by the UNESCO along with all world countries. In 1960, Egypt and UNESCO urged all world countries to help in rescuing Nubian monuments due to the establishment ....
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Nayer Naguie happy to be in Algeria
Date: 2014-09-15 08:45:42 GMT - Algeria - Culture - SN:17 - ID:941533
Egyptian composer and conductor Nayer Naguie, who is currently in Algeria for the Symphonic Music Festival, said Monday he is happy to be. This is not the first time Naguie has visited Algeria. He told MENA correspondent he has been leading ....
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Culture Min. visits Shanghai History, Art Museums
Date: 2014-09-13 17:31:19 GMT - China - Culture - SN:42 - ID:932293
Egypt's Culture Minister Gaber Asfour visited on Saturday the Shanghai History and Art Museums during a trip to China to boost relations. During the visit, Asfour welcomed hosting an Egyptian fine art's exhibition inside the museums. Asfour also ....
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China opera house holds ceremony for Egyptian min.
Date: 2014-09-13 07:32:25 GMT - China - Culture - SN:2 - ID:927985
The Shanghai Opera House organized a ceremony in honor of visiting Egyptian Culture Minister Gaber Asfour. During the ceremony, the Egyptian and Chinese sides agreed on Egypt's participation in the Shanghai International Film Festival and ....
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Antiquities minisrty says addressed foreign ministry to find out all info. on Egyptian coffin in Britain
Date: 2014-08-30 06:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:11 - ID:897549
Head of the Recovered Antiquities Department Ali Ahmed asserted that he contacted the foreign cultural relations department of the Foreign Ministry to address Egyptian embassy in London over reports saying that a 3,000-year-old cobweb-covered ....
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Sphinx to undergo restoration process as of Friday
Date: 2014-08-28 12:21:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:15 - ID:895548
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Al-Damati said Thursday the Giza Sphinx, better known to Egyptians as Abul Hol, will undergo a restoration process as of Friday for two months. In statements, the minister said the restoration process was part of a ....
