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Grand Egyptian Museum receives head of King Senusert I

Date: 2018-08-03 18:13:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:62 - ID:7517157

Giza, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received on Friday the red granite head of the statue of King Senusret I from an antiquities' storehouse in Cairo Citadel in order to be displayed with the opening of the museum in 2019. In a ....

Italian FM to visit Egyptian Museum Sunday

Date: 2018-08-03 17:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:60 - ID:7517394

CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani will receive on Sunday Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square. In a statement on Friday, the Antiquities Ministry said that they will ....

Swiss court obliges company to submit papers of statue of King Khufu’s son to Egypt

Date: 2018-08-02 16:53:53 GMT - Switzerland - Tourism and Archeology - SN:63 - ID:7516153

GENEVA, Aug 2 (MENA) – The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland forced a company in Geneva to deliver the papers of a statue of King Khufu’s son to the Egyptian authorities. Being delivered to Egypt, the papers would enable the Egyptian ....

Protective zone erected around 20 archaeological sites in Rosetta, says official

Date: 2018-07-31 16:26:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:7513174

CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - A protective area has been established around 20 archaeological buildings out of 39 in Rosetta city, a well-placed Antiquities Ministry official said. In statements on Tuesday, Gamal Mostafa, the head of the Antiquities ....

Pharaonic burial chambers unearthed in Minya

Date: 2018-07-31 14:31:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:7512944

CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Australian mission of Australia's Macquarie University discovered on Tuesday, during excavation work, burial chambers of two senior state officials of Pharaohs' Middle Kingdom of Egypt in Bani Hasan cemetery in ....

Tourism min. mulls prospects of cooperation with Sri Lankan delegation

Date: 2018-07-27 14:55:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:36 - ID:7507345

CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat had a meeting on Friday with Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jayasuriya and State Minister of Tourism Development Ranjith Aluwihare to discuss aspects of cooperation between Cairo and ....

Mashat says cultural tourism important for tourism sector

Date: 2018-07-26 15:50:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:81 - ID:7505961

CAIRO, July 26 (MENA) - The cultural tourism is a unique sector that boosts Egypt's tourism destinations, Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat said on Thursday. Minister el Mashat made the remarks during her meeting with Antiquities Minister Khaled ....

Antiquities: Eastern pavilion at Egyptian Museum to be inaugurated in mid November

Date: 2018-07-25 15:06:50 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:7504533

CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquites Khaled El Anani said the Eastern pavilion at the second floor of the Egyptian Museum at Cairo Tahrir Square will be inaugurated on November 15 to coincide with the 116th anniversary of the museum's ....

Aswan airport receives first Spanish charter flight in 9 years

Date: 2018-07-24 20:57:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:100 - ID:7503563

ASWAN, July 24 (MENA) – Aswan International Airport will receive on Friday the first direct charter flight coming from Spain in nine years, with 150 tourists on board, an official source with Aswan governorate said on Tuesday. This is the first ....

EGP 35 mln allocated to restore Nubia antiquities, museum - official

Date: 2018-07-22 13:50:14 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:57 - ID:7500037

CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) - The General Director of Nubia Fund Mahrous Saeid said that about EGP 35 million will be allocated to restoring Nubia's antiquities and museum. Up to EGP 25 million will be allocated to retrieving El Sibo and Amada regions ....