Tourism and Archeology

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  • Antiquities min. orders forming committee for restoration of god Amun's foot

    Date: 2016-03-31 15:56:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:92 - ID:4627729

    LUXOR, March 31 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anany ordered forming a committee to restore God Amun's foot once again after it was badly refitted in the first time. During his inspection tour in Luxor governorate, the minister said that ....

  • Grand Egyptian museum receives 196 artifacts from Egyptian museum in Tahrir

    Date: 2016-03-31 12:14:40 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:58 - ID:4625837

    CAIRO, March 31 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum received Thursday 196 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, said the project's director Tarek Tawfik. All the artifacts, which will be transferred from the various archaeological sites, ....

  • Safaga port receives 1,795 tourists

    Date: 2016-03-31 10:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:4624617

    HURGHADA, March 31 (MENA) – A ship carrying 1,795 tourists from various nationalities arrived on Thursday at Safaga port coming from Aqaba port, Red Sea Ports Authority Spokesman Abdel-Rehim Mostafa said. Meanwhile, a ferry carrying 117 passengers ....

  • New Zealand tourist delegation to visit Egypt in April as per schedule

    Date: 2016-03-31 09:58:58 GMT - New Zealand - Tourism and Archeology - SN:34 - ID:4624509

    WELLINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - In spite of Tuesday's EgyptAir plane hijacking and attempts to cast doubt about security measures applied at Egyptian airports, a New Zealand tourist delegation is due to visit Egypt in April as per schedule. In ....

  • Antiquities min. : Training of archaeologists by foreign missions on monthly basis

    Date: 2016-03-31 09:48:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:32 - ID:4624397

    LUXOR, UPPER EGYPT, March 31 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Khalid el Anani said that he asked foreign archaeological missions in Karnak Temple and other sites to train two Egyptian archaeological inspectors every month. During an inspection tour ....

  • Antiquities min. chooses new NMEC supervisor general

    Date: 2016-03-30 13:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:62 - ID:4618737

    CAIRO, March 30 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled Annany issued on Wednesday a decision appointing Eng. Mahrous Saeed Mahrous as supervisor general of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). Under the same decision, Annany assigned ....

  • Luxor monuments lit up in blue for World Autism Day

    Date: 2016-03-30 12:44:31 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:4618149

    LUXOR, Egypt, March 30 (MENA) - Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr said Wednesday preparations marking World Autism Awareness Day have been completed in the Upper Egyptian governorate. Organized in cooperation with the Antiquities Ministry, the ....

  • Terrorism fears did not stop tourism flow to Egypt – Italian official

    Date: 2016-03-30 12:05:32 GMT - Italy - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:4617857

    ROME, March 30 (MENA) – Fear of terrorism has not stopped the tourism flow to Egypt, an Italian tourism official has said. Director of the Federation of Organized Travel (Federviaggio) Francesco Sottosanti said that it was fortunate that Italians ....

  • Trump rescinds pledge to back Republican nominee

    Date: 2016-03-30 08:56:45 GMT - USA - Tourism and Archeology - SN:15 - ID:4616273

    WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would no longer honor his pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Fellow candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich refused to say ....

  • Urgent plan to move insecure artifacts to GEM and NMEC -- Antiquities

    Date: 2016-03-28 21:11:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:112 - ID:4606193

    CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anany discussed on Monday setting an urgent plan to move a number of artifacts from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and other insecure warehouses to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the ....

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