Tourism and Archeology

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  • Ministers, African diplomats witness solar illumination of Ramses II statue

    Date: 2019-02-22 10:19:35 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:7816099

    ASWAN, Egypt, Feb 22 (MENA) - Many ministers and African ambassadors watched on Friday the sun rays illuminate the face of Ramses II statue at Abu Simbel temple in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan. Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat, ....

  • Celebrations of sun perpendicularity on King Ramses II Statute held in Aswan

    Date: 2019-02-21 22:21:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:79 - ID:7815814

    ASWAN, Feb 21 (MENA) – The final celebrations of the 7th edition of the Aswan International Culture and Arts Festival were held on Thursday at Abu Simbel Temples in the southern governorate, marking the fall of sun rays on King Ramses II ....

  • 4 ministers take part in celebrations of sun perpendicularity on King Ramses II statute in Abu Simbel

    Date: 2019-02-21 18:48:38 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:68 - ID:7815494

    ASWAN, Feb 21 (MENA) – Four Egyptian ministers along with 15 African ambassadors and seven Acting envoys and their families made a tour of Abu Simbel ahead of the celebrations of marking the unique phenomenon of the fall of sun rays on King Ramses ....

  • Ministers, African ambassadors tour Aswan's Abu Simbel temple

    Date: 2019-02-21 18:17:04 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:7815550

    ASWAN, Egypt, Feb 21 (MENA) - Several ministers and African ambassadors toured on Thursday Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt's Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan. Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat, Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani, Minister of ....

  • African ambassadors visit Aswan to attend Abu Simbel Sun Festival

    Date: 2019-02-21 12:42:05 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:32 - ID:7814849

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 21 - (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat is accompanying a number of African ambassadors to Egypt on a visit to Aswan city to watch the spectacular Abu Simbel Sun Festival. The festival which attracts tourists ....

  • Egypt restores last part of Seshen-Nefertem stela from Australia

    Date: 2019-02-21 09:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:20 - ID:7814494

    CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Australia handed over to the Egyptian embassy in Canberra the fourth and last part of Seshen-Nefertem stela which was smuggled from Egypt in the 1990s. In 2017, Egypt restored three parts of stela of Seshen-Nefertem from ....

  • More flights to Luxor over solar illumination of Ramses II statue

    Date: 2019-02-20 20:01:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:79 - ID:7814096

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - EgyptAir Express said on Wednesday that it will operate 15 more flights to carry 1,000 tourists wishing to attend a celebration marking the solar illumination of Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel temple in Aswan. The ....

  • Sun rays illuminate face of Ramses II in Aswan Friday for 20 minutes

    Date: 2019-02-20 09:22:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:7813018

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Sun rays will illuminate the face of Ramses II statue in its sanctuary in the Abu Simple temple in south Aswan on Friday for 20 minutes in a rare phenomenon that takes place twice a year. For most of the year, the inner ....

  • Aswan governor urges Chinese tourists to visit Aswan

    Date: 2019-02-20 07:09:48 GMT - China - Tourism and Archeology - SN:5 - ID:7812798

    BEIJING, Feb 20 (MENA) - Governor of the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan Ahmed Ibrahim urged the Chinese tourists to visit the city. In statements to Xinhua published on Wednesday, Ibrahim said the strong relations between Egyptian President ....

  • German tourist delegation visits Minya

    Date: 2019-02-19 14:30:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:75 - ID:7811973

    MINYA, Egypt, Feb 19 (MENA) - A German tourist delegation arrived in Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt, to visit the archaeological sites. In a statement on Tuesday, Minya Governor Qassim Hussein said his governorate seeks to put itself on the ....

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