Tourism and Archeology

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  • New plan to develop museums, solve staffers' problems -- official

    Date: 2016-08-06 18:22:46 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:5384421

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin announced on Saturday that the museums sector has set a plan that aims to form various specialized committees that will inspect the museums and ....

  • Groundwater problem in Qalawun ancient site to be solved in days: Antiquities Ministry

    Date: 2016-08-04 21:16:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:111 - ID:5375961

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) – The Antiquities Ministry has taken measures to pump subterranean water out from under the historic site of Qalawun in Muizz Street in Cairo, an official said on Thursday. According to Mohamed Abdel Aziz, supervisor of the ....

  • Hellenic Institute excavators unearth ancient stone blocks in Alex.

    Date: 2016-08-04 20:56:15 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:109 - ID:5375957

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) – A mission of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology has discovered lines of ancient walls and stone blocks in the area of Shallalat Gardens, Alexandria. According to Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ....

  • Par't committee discusses tourism crisis

    Date: 2016-08-04 16:32:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:89 - ID:5374869

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) – Tourism and civil aviation committee of the House of Representatives held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the tourism sector's crisis. The committee reviewed the problems and means to solve them during the meeting which was ....

  • Menkaure statue under restoration works at Grand Museum

    Date: 2016-08-04 16:07:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:85 - ID:5374481

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - The restoration and documentation work of the statue of Menkaure kicked off at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) documentation center. The statue of the Pharaoh Menkaure, also read as Menkaura, has been transported from the ....

  • Jordan's transport, tourism ministers arrive in Egypt

    Date: 2016-08-04 11:12:23 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:37 - ID:5372249

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Jordanian Ministers Yahya al Kisbi of Transport and Lina Annab of Tourism and Antiques arrived here Thursday on a one-day visit to Egypt. The two ministers will discuss with Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathy ....

  • 10 hot air balloon trips fly in Luxor

    Date: 2016-08-03 10:36:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:31 - ID:5366317

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Aug 3 (MENA) - Ten hot air balloon flights took off from Luxor on Wednesday carrying 194 tourists of various nationalities and Egyptians visiting the monument-rich city. The number of hot air balloon flights has been on the ....

  • 142 Italian tourists arrive in Matrouh

    Date: 2016-08-02 16:54:11 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:76 - ID:5362961

    MARSA MATROUH, Aug 2 (MENA) - With 142 tourists on board, two flights coming from Italy arrived at Marsa Matrouh airport Tuesday. Alaa Abu Zeid, the governor of Matrouh, in statements, pressed for action to attract more tourism to the ....

  • Rokn Farouk Museum opened after 5 year closure

    Date: 2016-08-02 11:25:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:32 - ID:5360381

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Ministers Khaled el Anany of Antiquities, Yehia Rashad of Tourism and Helmy Namnam of Culture opened Tuesday Rokn Farouk Museum in Helwan after its closure for over five years in the aftermath of the security chaos during the ....

  • Tourism min. to open Euromed event Thursday

    Date: 2016-08-01 15:29:11 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:45 - ID:5356173

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Mohamed Rashed will open on Thursday the third Euro-Mediterranean conference on tourism in the presence of project partners from Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Lebanon. The event is sponsored by the ....

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