Tourism and Archeology

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  • MoU on renovating Cairo historic mosque to be signed Thursday

    Date: 2018-05-29 21:20:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:88 - ID:7422139

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani on Thursday is set to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aga Khan Foundation to renovate Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque. The MoU will also include ....

  • Attorney General orders sending experts to Italy to examine seized artifacts

    Date: 2018-05-28 14:11:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:58 - ID:7420285

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Attorney General Nabil Sadiq instructed Monday the Ministry of Antiquities to take necessary measures to send a team of Egyptian archaeologists, after coordination with the Italian side, to Italy to examine the seized ....

  • Renovated Convent of Virgin Mary reopens in Assiut

    Date: 2018-05-28 11:13:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:36 - ID:7419746

    ASSIUT, Egypt, May 28 (MENA) - As part of reviving course of the Holy Family Route in Egypt, Assiut Governor Yasser el Desouqi and Anba Youannes, the Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Assiut, inaugurated on Monday the revamped Convent of Virgin Mary, the ....

  • 3 SCA employees referred to disciplinary trial for seizing funds

    Date: 2018-05-28 09:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:7419564

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - General Prosecution referred three employees of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) to an expedited disciplinary trial for commandeering EGP 146,000 allocated for the bonus of the employees in the excavation committee ....

  • Germany tops countries sending tourists to Egypt - minister

    Date: 2018-05-27 21:52:38 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:84 - ID:7419327

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) – Germany ranked first among the markets sending tourists to Egypt, Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat said Sunday. During her meeting with German MP Alexander Radwan and Germany’s ambassador in Cairo, Mashat reviewed the ....

  • Cabinet discusses work progress in Grand Egyptian Museum

    Date: 2018-05-27 15:48:48 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:7418803

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - The cabinet held on Sunday a meeting under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to follow up the work progress in the Grand Egyptian Museum. The meeting was attended by the ministers of investment and international cooperation and ....

  • Grand Egyptian museum receives 116 artifacts from Horemheb tomb in Saqqara

    Date: 2018-05-27 12:24:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:40 - ID:7418506

    GIZA, Egypt, May 27 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum received 116 artifacts from Saqqara archaeological site to be put on display during its planned partial inauguration at the end of the current year. In press statements, general supervisor of ....

  • Tourism Ministry only party to determine usufruct value of Palestine Hotel -- Official

    Date: 2018-05-27 10:43:09 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:7418260

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - The Tourism Ministry is the only party entitled to determine a fair value of a usufruct over Palestine Hotel in the opulent Montaza neighborhood in Alexandria, the legislation department of the State Council said ....

  • 30 archaeological coins seized before being smuggled in Alex. Port

    Date: 2018-05-24 11:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:7414687

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - Authorities at Alexandria Port seized 30 archaeological coins before being smuggled out of the country. A committee grouping specialists from the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria was formed to examine the coins, said ....

  • Parts of building dating back to Greco-Roman period unearthed in Gharbia

    Date: 2018-05-23 14:53:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:58 - ID:7413482

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed on Wednesday parts of an ancient building that dates back to the Greco-Roman period in Gharbia governorate. In statements, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector Ayman ....

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