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Egyptian museum to host Tuesday 1st forum for archaeological discoveries
Date: 2016-07-17 12:56:41 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:50 - ID:5274941
CAIRO, July 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will host on Tuesday the first forum for archaeological discoveries for the Behira antiquities area. The forum will include a number of lectures that will be delivered by heads of Egyptian ....
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500 tourists visit archaeological sites in Luxor daily
Date: 2016-07-17 10:19:32 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:5273293
LUXOR, July 17 (MENA) - The average number of tourists who visited Luxor's archaeological sites over the past week hit 500 tourists daily, General Director of Luxor Antiquities Department Mustafa Waziri said. Most of them were Chinese tourists, ....
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Two Japanese teams due in Egypt to film archaeological sites
Date: 2016-07-16 14:16:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:77 - ID:5270125
LUXOR, July 16 (MENA) – Two Japanese TV teams are due in Luxor on Sunday to make a documentary film about Pharaonic treasures in the Upper Egypt city, the head of tourism promotion office in Luxor said. During the two-day, the 10-strong Japanese ....
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Antiquities min.: GEM to be partially opened by end of 2107
Date: 2016-07-14 11:27:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:35 - ID:5257089
CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khalid el Anani said his ministry is exerting utmost efforts to partially open the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) by the end of 2017. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave directives to work on opening the ....
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Egyptian Museum gift shop re-opened; 20 to 75% discount on artifacts' replicas, books
Date: 2016-07-14 10:41:38 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:30 - ID:5256701
CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anany inaugurated on Thursday the first exhibition of replicas of artifacts at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. The exhibition includes a number of replicas of artifacts that were ....
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Parts of papyrus archive of King Khufu displayed at Tahrir's Egyptian Museum
Date: 2016-07-14 10:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:26 - ID:5256637
CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khalid el Anani attended the first display of parts of the papyrus archive belonging to ancient Egyptian pharaoh King Khufu at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. The papyri were discovered at Wadi El-Jarf ....
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Urgent measures to be taken to maintain archaeological buildings -- Cabinet
Date: 2016-07-13 17:59:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:96 - ID:5253825
CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - The cabinet decided on Wednesday to form a ministerial committee to conduct a complete counting of archaeological palaces, houses and Islamic buildings in order to take urgent measures to maintain them and to determine ....
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Environment min. welcomes Solar Impulse 2 landing in Egypt
Date: 2016-07-13 13:43:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:76 - ID:5252245
CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy welcomed on Wednesday the landing of the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 in Egypt. This move reflects Egypt's prestigious historical and cultural position among the world countries, ....
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Egypt fulfilled 85 percent of Russia’s demands regarding aviation safety - Parl speaker
Date: 2016-07-13 09:43:25 GMT - Russia - Tourism and Archeology - SN:30 - ID:5249993
MOSCOW, July 13 (MENA) - Egypt fulfilled 85 percent of Russia’s demands regarding aviation safety in order to resume flights, speaker of the Egyptian parliament Ali Abdel Aal said on Wednesday. Egyptian tourism industry has been hit hard after a ....
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15 hot air balloon flights take off in Luxor in 3 days
Date: 2016-07-13 07:08:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:8 - ID:5248973
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, July 13 (MENA) - Fifteen hot air balloon trips were organized in three days in Luxor, carrying 293 tourists of various nationalities to visit the monument-rich city. On Wednesday, three hot air balloon flights took off with 64 ....
