Tourism and Archeology
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Alexandria port receives Maltese tourist ferry
Date: 2016-10-24 19:55:06 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:94 - ID:5831313
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 24 (MENA) - Alexandria port received on Monday a Maltese ferryboat, with 406 tourists on board in addition to its 200-member crew. The passenger ship sailed to the Egyptian coastal city from Cyprus. The group will spend ....
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Int'l cooperation minister, Japan amb. sign letters to fund GEM
Date: 2016-10-24 10:14:04 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:5827161
GIZA, Oct 24 (MENA) - Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr Monday signed letters exchanged with Japan to fund the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). Putting his signature to the letters was also Takehiro Kagawa, the Japanese Ambassador in ....
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German tourist group arrives in Sohag
Date: 2016-10-23 20:12:15 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:84 - ID:5825341
SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Oct 23 (MENA) – Twenty-nine German tourists arrived at Sohag international airport on a two-day stay to visit several Pharaonic sites in the cities of Akhmim and Balyana. The group visited the ancient statue of Meritamen in ....
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Tourism min. follows up preparations for UNWTO conference in Luxor
Date: 2016-10-23 19:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:81 - ID:5825069
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Oct 23 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed arrived here Sunday to follow up preparations for hosting the city tourism conference and the 104th session of the World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Executive Council that will be ....
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Egypt, JICA to sign financing agreement for Grand Egyptian Museum Monday
Date: 2016-10-23 16:03:05 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:5822405
CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - The International Cooperation Ministry is scheduled Monday to sign a loan agreement with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to contribute to the financing of the Grand Egyptian Museum. The loan aims at ....
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UN official calls on world to visit Egypt
Date: 2016-10-23 13:26:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:5822713
CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited on Saturday the Pyramids area, Head of the Pyramids Antiquities are Ashraf Mohie said. Grandi, who was keen on taking photographs, said he will tweet ....
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Tourism Promotion Authority hosts delegation from The Netherlands
Date: 2016-10-22 21:47:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:79 - ID:5819621
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority hosts a Dutch delegation comprising 12 writers and reporters working in the main newspapers in The Netherlands as well as a number of archaeologists. The delegation arrived here on ....
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Egypt takes part in Int'l Tourism and Travel Show in Montreal
Date: 2016-10-22 19:50:18 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:73 - ID:5819189
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Egypt’s Consul General Amal Salama on Saturday inaugurated the Egyptian pavilion at the International Tourism and Travel Show in Montreal, Canada. The Egyptian General Consulate was keen to take part in this international ....
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Ministers witness Abu Simbel sun alignment phenomenon ceremony
Date: 2016-10-22 12:02:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:38 - ID:5816649
ASWAN, Oct 22 (MENA) – The ministers of tourism, culture and antiquities attended on Saturday a ceremony marking the sun alignment phenomenon on the statute of Ramses II in Aswan's Abu Simbel Temple. Also, the Aswan governor and the heads of the ....
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Antiquity Ministry, JICA sign agreement on financing GEM
Date: 2016-10-22 11:10:31 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:33 - ID:5816137
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - The Ministry of Antiquities and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will sign on Monday an agreement on financing the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) project. Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr asserted ....