Tourism and Archeology

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  • First Middle Kingdom cemetery unearthed in Upper Egypt - min.

    Date: 2017-05-13 13:08:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:40 - ID:6809268

    MENYA, Upper Egypt, May 13 (MENA) – The first Middle Kingdom cemetery was unearthed in the Upper Egypt governorate of Menya, the antiquities minister said. At a press conference on Saturday, Khaled Anani said 28 mummies were found in the cemetery ....

  • Egypt, Iraq discuss renovating terror-hit Iraqi antiquities

    Date: 2017-05-12 18:44:21 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:6808548

    CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani on Friday discussed with Iraqi Ambassador in Cairo Habib Al-Sadr means of boosting cooperation between the two countries in the archeological field. During their meeting in Cairo, the ....

  • Safaga Port receives 621 tourists of different nationalities

    Date: 2017-05-12 08:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:9 - ID:6807757

    HURGHADA, Egypt, May 12 (MENA) - As many as 621 tourists of different nationalities arrived Friday at Safaga Port, said the spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority. In press statements, Malak Youssef added that the tourists, whose entry ....

  • Foreign Ministry: 45 artifacts recovered from France

    Date: 2017-05-11 18:34:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:62 - ID:6807075

    CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) – The Antiquities Ministry restored a limestone relief that was stolen from a temple at Saqqara necropolis during the 1900s and smuggled out of the country, Assistant Foreign Minister for Cultural Relations Ambassadress Iman el ....

  • Egypt takes part in UNWTO's 105th session of executive council

    Date: 2017-05-11 17:44:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:60 - ID:6807301

    CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Yehia Rashid took part in the 105th session of the Executive Board of the World Tourism Organization that kicked off in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. The agenda of the two-day event, chaired by Azerbaijan, ....

  • 698 tourists arrive at Safaga Port

    Date: 2017-05-11 17:03:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:55 - ID:6807211

    SUEZ, Egypt, May 11 (MENA) - As many as 698 tourists from different nationalities, on board the Seven seas voyager cruise, arrived on Thursday at Safaga Port coming from Oman's Salalah port. The tourists will visit Luxor and Aswan and other ....

  • 1,000 tourists visit Saint Catherine over past 24 hours

    Date: 2017-05-11 08:43:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:14 - ID:6806327

    EL TOR, Egypt, May 11 (MENA) - As many as 1,000 tourists of different nationalities, including 900 Indians, visited Saint Catherine city over the past 24 hours, said a source at the South Sinai tourism sector on Thursday. The tourists visited ....

  • Antiquities ministry mission uncovers burial chamber of 13th Dynasty pyramid

    Date: 2017-05-10 17:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:57 - ID:6805793

    CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The Egyptian archaeological mission from the ministry of antiquities unearthed the burial chamber of a 13th Dynasty Pyramid discovered last month in Dahshur archaeological site. Adel Okasha, the head of the mission and the ....

  • Minister in Vatican to promote tourism

    Date: 2017-05-09 20:01:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:6804476

    CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed on Tuesday paid a short visit to the Vatican to promote tourism. The minister met with his Vatican's counterpart Liberio Andreatta on ways to boost cooperation between the two countries in the ....

  • Tourism minister heads for Rome

    Date: 2017-05-09 09:14:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:16 - ID:6803253

    CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Yehia Rashid left here on Tuesday for Rome for talks with tourism officials in the Vatican concerning a promotion campaign for a program of the Holy Family's journey in Egypt. The visit comes as part of ....

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