Tourism and Archeology

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  • 36 German tourists visit Sohag's Abidus Temple

    Date: 2019-08-06 16:37:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:88 - ID:8054797

    SOHAG, Egypt, Aug 6 (MENA) - Sohag governorate has received a German tour group of 36 people on board a ship to visit pharaonic sites in Abidus archaeological area, Governor Ahmed el Ansary said on Tuesday. All necessary measures have been taken ....

  • Royal Carriage Museum to open in December

    Date: 2019-08-06 16:04:05 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:80 - ID:8054674

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Carriage Museum in Cairo's Bulaq neighborhood will be inaugurated in December after finishing its renovation, Head of the Projects Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities Waad Abu El-Ella said on Tuesday. More than 80 ....

  • EgyptAir to operate 175 flights to resort cities during Eidul Adha

    Date: 2019-08-06 15:03:18 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:8054792

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - EgyptAir Express will operate 175 regular and additional flights to the resort cities of Sharm el Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor and Aswan during Eidul Adha holidays. EgyptAir Express chairman Sherif Khalil said the flights came to ....

  • Details of Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus restoration unveiled

    Date: 2019-08-04 10:37:15 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:30 - ID:8051021

    GIZA, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - Head of Restoration and Artifacts Transport Unit at the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) revealed on Sunday revealed details of King Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus restoration work, saying that the sarcophagus of the ....

  • 30 local, foreign channels to film 1st restoration of Tutankhamun casket

    Date: 2019-08-04 09:55:38 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:8051034

    GIZA, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum received about 30 local and foreign TV channels and 20 cameramen from various newspapers to cover the first restoration of Tutankhamun casket which was discovered in 1922. In statements to MENA, ....

  • GEM's Egyptian-international consortia convene their first meeting

    Date: 2019-08-04 09:25:48 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:17 - ID:8051019

    GIZA, Aug 4 (MENA) - The first meeting of the four international consortia and a UAE company that are bidding to run and operate the Grand Egyptian Museum was held on Sunday. The meeting was attended by officials of the Ministry of Antiquities, ....

  • Three golden caskets of Tutankhamun to be displayed at GEM

    Date: 2019-08-04 08:38:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:15 - ID:8050989

    GIZA, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - Three golden caskets of Tutankhamun will be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum which is due to open soon. The caskets are made of pure gold, Nour Mohamed Badr, a specialist in restoring monuments, said in ....

  • Embassy in Prague marks CIE's centennial

    Date: 2019-08-03 22:37:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:56 - ID:8050768

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Charge d'affaires of the Egyptian Embassy in Prague Rani MohielDin and the president of Czech Charles University on Saturday attended a ceremony marking the Institute of Egyptology's (CIE) centennial. During the event, ....

  • EHA refutes reports on British girl’s E.coli infection in Egypt

    Date: 2019-08-03 21:48:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:51 - ID:8050785

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Egyptian Hotel Association (EHA) on Saturday refuted reports claiming that a British girl had been infected with E.coli during a visit to Egypt. In a statement, EHA said the incident, currently circulated on British ....

  • Tutu tomb's walls dismantled to be moved to New Capital

    Date: 2019-08-03 19:29:41 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:8050713

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Restorers of the Supreme Council of Antiquities have finished dismantling the walls of Tutu tomb, located near Akhmim city in Sohag governorate, to be moved to the museum of the New Administrative Capital. The tomb's ....

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