Tourism and Archeology

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  • 385 tourists visit Saint Catherine over past 24 hours

    Date: 2017-05-21 19:28:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:82 - ID:6821273

    El TOR, May 21 (MENA) - As many as 385 tourists of different nationalities, including 80 Indians and 50 Mexicans visited Saint Catherine city over the past 24 hours, said a source at South Sinai tourism sector on Sunday. The tour, he added, ....

  • Tutankhamun’s funerary bed, chariot to be transferred to GEM Tuesday

    Date: 2017-05-21 17:34:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:6821365

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - A ceremony will be held on Tuesday at the Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) restoration center on the occasion of the arrival of Tutankhamun’s funerary bed and chariot. A restoration team from the Grand Egyptian Museum had packed ....

  • Cristiano Ronaldo’s family arrives in Hurghada

    Date: 2017-05-21 14:22:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:6821056

    HURGHADA, May 21 (MENA) – The family of Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Hurghada airport on Sunday to spend a two-day vacation in one of the city’s popular resorts. The family’s visit to the city comes as part of their ....

  • Antiquities Ministry: 56 clay jars redisovered in Luxor

    Date: 2017-05-21 13:53:31 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:6820930

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) – A Spanish mission from the University of Alcalá unearthed 56 clay jars filled with embalming materials for the mummification of the ancient Egyptian vizier Ipi. The mission discovered the jars while cleaning of the ....

  • Continuous efforts with Vatican on reactivate tours to site of Holy Family's journey - envoy

    Date: 2017-05-20 20:19:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:87 - ID:6820143

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to the Holy See Hatem Seif Elnasr on Saturday met with head of Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, the Vatican-related pilgrimage agency Liberio Andreatta on the ongoing efforts to reactivate tourism tours to the ....

  • Social media has to be employed for tourism development - minister

    Date: 2017-05-20 16:32:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:71 - ID:6819801

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 20 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Yahia Rashid on Saturday said the social media platforms have to be employed for achieving tourism development. In a conference organized by the French Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, the minister ....

  • Egyptian-Japanese team to start packing Tutankhamun chariot on Sunday to be sent to Grand Museum - official

    Date: 2017-05-20 13:41:50 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:55 - ID:6819637

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - An Egyptian-Japanese team will start on Sunday packing the chariot of Pharaonic King Tutankhamun to transfer it from the Tahrir Egyptian Museum to the Grand Egyptian Museum. In statements to MENA, curator of the Grand ....

  • 1,400 tourists visit Dahab city

    Date: 2017-05-19 16:07:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:64 - ID:6818574

    AL TOR, Egypt, May 19 (MENA) - Up to 1,400 tourists visited Dahab city in South Sinai over the past 24 hours. The tourists included 868 foreigners, 515 Egyptians and 17 Arabs, an official source at South Sinai tourism sector said in statements on ....

  • Emergency plan for restoring Nubian temples- Minister

    Date: 2017-05-19 12:40:06 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:44 - ID:6818217

    ASWAN, Egypt, May 19 (MENA) – An emergency plan will be developed to renovate three temples in Nuba, Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani said on Friday. Anani’s remarks came during a visit to the Temples of Amda, Wadi al-Sebua and Derr, along ....

  • 2017 "year of archeological discoveries in Egypt" -- minister

    Date: 2017-05-18 22:01:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:112 - ID:6817669

    ASWAN, Egypt, May 18 (MENA) – Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani said on Thursday that 2017 is the year of archeological discoveries in Egypt after the recent explorations in many places. Anani made the remarks while opening a ceremony to mark ....

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