Tourism and Archeology
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EgyptAir organizes trip for major Chinese travel agents
Date: 2019-10-01 15:37:11 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:8126918
CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - EgyptAir organized on Tuesday a promotional trip for major tour operators in Beijing to visit Cairo and Luxor's monuments to boost tourism coming from China and the Far East. This comes within a framework of EgyptAir's ....
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GEM receives 331 artifacts from Tahrir museum, Khufu second ship
Date: 2019-09-30 13:38:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:44 - ID:8124971
GIZA, Egypt, Sept 30 (MENA) – The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received on Monday 331 artifacts including 42 pieces belonging to King Tutankhamun that were on display at the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. The artifacts also include 27 ....
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Antiquities Ministry restores incense burner of El Qadi Abdel Baset Mosque
Date: 2019-09-30 10:22:45 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:8124636
CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry has restored the precious incense burner of El Qadi Abdel Baset Mosque located in Fatimid Cairo's El Gamaleya district. The ancient incense burner, made of copper, was stolen by a robber in ....
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Planning min. opens Prince Youssef Kamal palace in Qena
Date: 2019-09-29 18:06:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:8124149
QENA, Upper Egypt, Sept 29 (MENA) - Minister of Planning Hala el Saeed inaugurated on Sunday the Palace of Prince Youssef Kamal in Nagaa Hammadi city in Qena after finalizing the restoration works. During her visit to Qena, Saeed said that the ....
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Greece’s amb. to Egypt visits GEM’s monument restoration center
Date: 2019-09-29 17:59:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:58 - ID:8124095
GIZA, Sept 29 (MENA) – Greece’s Ambassador to Egypt Nikolaos Garilidis and his wife on Sunday paid a visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) monuments restoration center. El Tayyeb Abbas, director general of the GEM’s archaeological affairs, ....
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Anba Badaya monastery reopens after 5-year renovation
Date: 2019-09-29 16:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:51 - ID:8123948
NAGAA HAMMADI, - Qena, Sept 29 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri opened Sunday the monastery of Anba Badaya in Nagaa Hammadi, Qena, Upper Egypt after renovation. The monastery underwent over a ....
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14 hot air balloons take off in Luxor
Date: 2019-09-29 11:37:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:31 - ID:8123480
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Sept 29 (MENA) - Fourteen hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor on Sunday, carrying 480 tourists of various nationalities. The flights, operated by several travel agencies, flew over the city's archaeological ....
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Antiquity: Remains of Ptolemy IV temple unearthed in Sohag
Date: 2019-09-29 08:57:43 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:12 - ID:8123171
CAIRO, Sept 29 (MENA) - The Ministry of Antiquity's archaeological mission has announced unearthing remains of a temple belongs to Ptolemy IV (known to be the fourth Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 221 to 204 BC) during drilling to implement a ....
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Restored gilded coffin to be showed at NMEC Tuesday
Date: 2019-09-28 22:00:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:8123021
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry said Saturday it will show the restored gilded coffin of Nedjemankh at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo's Fustat district on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry pointed out ....
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Steven Seagal visits Pyramids
Date: 2019-09-28 19:40:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:52 - ID:8122843
GIZA, Sept 28 (MENA) - American action actor Steven Seagal and his wife visited the Pyramids Plateau on Saturday. They were keen on taking photos in front of the Great Pyramid, expressing their great admiration for this great monument. ....