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GEM receives Assasif coffins due to be displayed at 2020 inauguration

Date: 2019-11-11 09:13:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:16 - ID:8182604

GIZA, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has received colored coffins belonging to pharaohs, which were discovered by the archaeological mission in the Assasif Cemetery in Luxor’s western mainland. The coffins will be restored ....

Antiquities Ministry refutes reports on discovering Sphinx's mummy

Date: 2019-11-10 20:54:09 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:40 - ID:8182342

CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry denied reports on finding a mummy for the Sphinx. In a statement Sunday, the ministry said that Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Enani's remarks to the Daily Express have nothing to do with such ....

Minya receives five tourist delegations

Date: 2019-11-09 15:53:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:8181153

MINYA, Egypt, Nov 9 (MENA) – Five tourist delegations toured Saturday archaeological sites in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. The visiting tourists are from Germany, the US, France, Switzerland and New Zealand. Minya Governor Qasem ....

Sharm El Sheikh receives reporters from famous French tourist newspapers

Date: 2019-11-07 21:31:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:86 - ID:8179343

EL TOR, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) – Sharm El Sheikh welcomed Thursday a group of representatives of famous tourist newspapers in France, as the Red Sea resort city gets itself ready to begin receiving French charter flights. The group, that included ....

Hawwas divulges Sphinx secrets to former Australian PM

Date: 2019-11-07 14:07:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:8178582

GIZA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard toured on Thursday the Pyramids area in Giza as part of her visit to Egypt and listened to an explanation about the Pyramids by Egyptologist Zahi Hawwas. The former ....

Tourism minister highlights importance of Egypt’s participation in WTM

Date: 2019-11-06 19:29:07 GMT - United Kingdom - Tourism and Archeology - SN:78 - ID:8177496

LONDON, Nov 6 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat on Sunday shed light on the importance of Egypt’s participation in the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition, especially after the UK lifted its ban on flights to the Red Sea’s resort city of ....

Luxor deputy governor, French consul in Cairo discuss tourism cooperation

Date: 2019-11-06 13:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:8176870

LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) - Luxor Deputy Governor Mohamed Abdel Kader Khairy conferred on Wednesday with French Consul General in Cairo François Pugeaut on means of attracting more French tourists to the city which contains one third of the ....

Int'l archaeologists laud Egypt's Mohamed Ali Palace

Date: 2019-11-06 13:02:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:8176875

CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Participants in the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE XII) have praised the splendor of the architecture, contents and garden of Mohamed Ali Palace and Museum in Cairo's El-Manial district. They gave ....

Tourism minister receives WTM "Global Leaders Award" for 2019

Date: 2019-11-05 22:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:102 - ID:8176156

CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Ministry of Tourism won the 2019 World Travel Market (WTM) Global Leaders Award for “Outstanding Achievements to the Industry" over the past two years. Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat received the award during a Tuesday ....

Tourism minister probes cooperation with her Bulgarian counterpart

Date: 2019-11-05 19:50:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:90 - ID:8175853

CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat discussed on Tuesday with her Bulgarian counterpart Nikolina Angelkova pushing forward joint cooperation. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition ....