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Ptolemy II temple unearthed in Beni Suef
Date: 2014-05-19 12:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:47 - ID:730370
A temple of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 282 BC to 246 BC, was unearthed in the Upper city of Beni Suef during an excavation by the Antiquities Ministry. It is the first temple to be discovered in Beni Suef dating ....
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Misr Bank contributes EGP12 mln for grand museum
Date: 2014-05-18 14:37:00 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:44 - ID:728720
Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding with Misr Bank President Mohammed Barakat for cooperation in museum education. Under the memo, the bank will contribute by a sum of 12 million EGP to build a ....
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Environment minister to lay Fayyoum fossil museum foundation stone
Date: 2014-05-17 16:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:54 - ID:727111
State Minister for Environmental Affairs Laila Eskander and Fayyoum Governor Hazem Attia will Sunday lay the foundation stone of a fossil museum in Wadi Al-Hitan reserve for natural heritage. The event will be attended by Italian ambassador in ....
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US to return 103 ancient artifacts to Egypt: Minister
Date: 2014-05-15 10:31:04 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:18 - ID:722893
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said the Egyptian consulate in New York has signed with local custom officials an agreement that paves the way for the return of 103 ancient artifacts. The artifacts were seized by customs agents in 2010 ....
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Antiquities min. denies finding Alexander the Great Tomb
Date: 2014-05-13 15:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:56 - ID:719615
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim dismissed what have been reported on some websites that the tomb of Alexander the Great has been found in Kom el-Deka district of Alexandria. The minister said that a team of archaeologists and historians ....
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All Egyptian museums free of charge next Sunday
Date: 2014-05-12 13:46:34 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:55 - ID:717320
All museums in Egypt will receive visitors on Sunday, May 18, for free marking the International Museum Day, said Antiquities Minister Mohamad Ibrahim. Ibrahim said the celebration would be held this year under the theme "Museum Exhibits ....
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Antiquities minister, Chinese ambassador discusses signing MoU to preserve artifacts
Date: 2014-05-11 13:34:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:35 - ID:715355
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim discussed with Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in field of preserving artifacts and preventing illicit trafficking in cultural ....
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Ramses II, Nefertari love story on BBC
Date: 2014-05-10 07:25:57 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:11 - ID:712849
A BBC staff visited the Temple of Abu Simbel on Friday to film a documentary about Queen Nefertari's love story with King Ramses II. Director General of the temple Ahmed Saleh said the British delegation was headed by famous mummies researcher ....
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Pharaonic tomb unearthed in Aswan
Date: 2014-05-06 18:18:23 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:68 - ID:707172
An archeological tomb of the pre-dynastic era has been discovered in the Upper Egyptian city of Edfu, Aswan province, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said. A mummy, a 32 cm-high statue made of ivory, ten ivory combs along with a number of ....
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Tutankhamun's tomb replica inauguration to revive tourism sector: Zazou
Date: 2014-04-30 08:49:21 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:17 - ID:695763
Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou said Wednesday that Tutankhamun's tomb replica inauguration later in the day is a very important international event, asserting that it would get the attention back to the Egyptian tourism. Zazou added that such ....
