Tourism and Archeology

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  • 1,500 tourists visit Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan

    Date: 2017-02-02 11:13:35 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:37 - ID:6449853

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 2 (MENA) - As many as 1,500 tourists of different nationalities visited Abu Simbel Temple in southern Aswan on Thursday, head of Abu Simbel Antiquities Department Hossam Aboud said. Aboud underlined that the number of ....

  • 670 tourists visit Saint Catherine

    Date: 2017-02-02 07:30:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:15 - ID:6448253

    EL TOR, Egypt, Feb 2 (MENA) - As many as 670 tourists of different nationalities visited Saint Catherine city over the past 24 hours, said head of Saint Catherine Municipality El Sayed Abdel Sadeq on Wednesday. The figure includes 120 foreigners ....

  • Antiquities min. to open Egypt's Martyrs fair at Coptic Museum Thursday

    Date: 2017-02-01 16:46:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:81 - ID:6446261

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani will open on Thursday Egypt's Martyrs fair at the Coptic Museum in Cairo. Dr. Atef Naguib, the museum's chairman, said a number of artifacts on sacrifices of the Christian martyrs during ....

  • Antiquities ministry: Egypt retrives 2 artifacts from UK

    Date: 2017-02-01 09:48:31 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:18 - ID:6442081

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in London recovered on Wednesday two artifacts that were stolen from Egypt and smuggled abroad. In a statement, Shaaban Abdel Gawad, the General Supervisor of the Antiquities Repatriation Department at ....

  • Russian Transport Ministry: Date for resuming flights to Egypt not set yet

    Date: 2017-01-31 11:43:48 GMT - Russia - Tourism and Archeology - SN:42 - ID:6436521

    MOSCOW, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Transport announced Tuesday that the date for resuming flights between Russia and Egypt has not been set yet. In a statement released by Sputnik News Agency, the Russian Ministry said it has ....

  • 749 tourists visit Saint Catherine

    Date: 2017-01-31 09:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:20 - ID:6435193

    EL TOR, Egypt, Jan 31 (MENA) - As many as 749 tourists of different nationalities visited Saint Catherine city over the past 24 hours, said head of Saint Catherine Municipality el Sayed Abdel Sadeq on Tuesday. The figure includes 224 foreigners ....

  • CAA chairman urges private airlines to operate flights to new destinations in Africa

    Date: 2017-01-31 09:17:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:18 - ID:6434949

    CAIRO, Jan 31 (MENA) - Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Hani el Adawi urged private airlines to operate regular or code-sharing flights to new destinations in Africa. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, he said Egyptian airports are ....

  • Wives of 21 ambassadors in Cairo visit Manial palace, museum

    Date: 2017-01-30 22:38:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:110 - ID:6434029

    CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) – The wives of 21 ambassadors on Monday visited the Manial Palace and Museum in Cairo, the director of the museum said. The visitors inspected the palace and its content and were given a detailed presentation on its history, ....

  • French institute resumes restoration of Luxor Deir el Medina cemetery

    Date: 2017-01-30 13:06:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:55 - ID:6429981

    CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - A Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) ad-hoc committee has recently approved a request by the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology to complete the renovation of Deir el Medina cemetery in Luxor as of Wednesday till May ....

  • 1,532 tourists visit Saint Catherine in past 24 hours

    Date: 2017-01-30 08:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:15 - ID:6428053

    NUWEIBA, Egypt, Jan 30 (MENA) - As many as 1,532 tourists of different nationalities visited Saint Catherine city in the past 24 hours, said head of Saint Catherine Municipality el Sayed Abdel Sadeq. In statements on Monday, he said the tourists ....

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