Tourism and Archeology

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  • Red Sea governor: Hurghada airport to receive 6 flights from England as of September

    Date: 2020-08-11 16:56:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:65 - ID:8542912

    HURGHADA,Egypt, Aug 11 (MENA) – Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi said the tourism sector in the governorate is starting to recover, highlighting that Hurghada city will receive tourist groups coming from England as of early September. In statements ....

  • Solar boat museum closed for relocation to GEM

    Date: 2020-08-10 10:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:25 - ID:8540355

    CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – Giza’s solar boat museum which houses Ancient Egypt’s intact full-size vessel of Khufu ship will be closed in order to the dismantle the ship and relocate it to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), said Archeologist Ashraf Mohie ....

  • Japan contributes dlrs 8 million to Grand Egyptian Museum project - diplomat

    Date: 2020-08-10 09:55:36 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:23 - ID:8540401

    CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke said on Monday his country contributes 8 million dollars to the Grand Egyptian Museum, which he described as the largest archaeological museum in the world. The diplomat said this is ....

  • Ancient statue uncovered near Mit Rahina

    Date: 2020-08-09 21:50:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:73 - ID:8539995

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) – Archaeologists at the Supreme Council of Antiquities discovered an ancient statue of a priest of the goddesses Hathor during excavation operations about two kilometres southeast of Mit Rahina area. Digging will continue to ....

  • Tourism minister inspects NMEC's Core Exhibition ahead of its inauguration

    Date: 2020-08-09 09:53:06 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:8539130

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El Anani on Sunday inspected the final phase of works in the Core Exhibition at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), located on the archaeological site of El-Fustat ....

  • Antiquties official: First phase of restoration of King Khufu's second ship finalized

    Date: 2020-08-09 09:50:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:18 - ID:8539092

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Director of the Department of Restoring and Transferring Antiquities at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Eissa Zidan said 98% of restoration work of the first phase of a giant Egyptian-Japanese project to restore and re-install ....

  • Ghonim named CEO of Egyptian civilization museum

    Date: 2020-08-08 16:53:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:8538622

    CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has issued a decision on the appointment of Ahmed Ghonim as CEO of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, located in the old Cairo city of Fustat. Ghonim, professor at Cairo ....

  • Decision banning entrance of passengers not holding negative PCR tests applicable only to foreign travelers: Ministry

    Date: 2020-08-07 06:52:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:6 - ID:8536648

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that a decision banning the entrance of passengers who do not have a negative result of COVID-19 PCR test within 72 hours before arrival in Egypt is only applicable to foreign passengers not ....

  • SCA chairman: Two royal statues return home to be showcased at GEM

    Date: 2020-08-06 14:01:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:8535920

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Waziri said two giant royal statues returned home after being on temporary display in Los Angeles, US, as part of the Sunken Cities: "The Enchanting World of ....

  • Year 400 Stela confirms Ramesses II's origins in San el-Hagar, Sharkia: Egyptologist

    Date: 2020-08-04 16:19:27 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:8532977

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Archaeological evidence reveals that King Ramesses II and his great ancestors Ramesses I and Seti I were born in Sharkia Governorate, on the eastern side of the Nile Delta, Director General of Scientific Research at Alexandria ....

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