Tourism and Archeology

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  • 3 arrested over illegal excavation to uncover antiquities underneath Cairo building

    Date: 2023-08-15 09:15:32 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:16 - ID:10299306

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Security apparatuses at Cairo Security Directorate arrested three people accused of carrying out illegal excavation of antiquities in a building in Cairo. A 1.5-meter dimension hole, excavation and digging tools along with ....

  • Environment ministry kicks off 'Green Sharm' project in coop. with UNDP

    Date: 2023-08-14 17:38:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:54 - ID:10299789

    CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Egyptian government has taken a set of measures to apply the concept of "sustainable cities" in Sharm El Sheikh, said the head of the Environmental Affairs Agency at the Ministry of Environment, Ali Abo Sena. These ....

  • Al Aqmar Mosque re-opens after end of restoration works

    Date: 2023-08-13 20:41:09 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:10298659

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Moustafa Waziri reopened on Sunday Al Aqmar mosque, located on al-Muizz Street, after the end of restoration works. The mosque, commissioned by the Fatimid Caliph ....

  • S. Sinai governor forms specialized committee to follow up progress of "Green Sharm" project

    Date: 2023-08-13 19:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:57 - ID:10298538

    EL TOR, Egypt, Aug 13 (MENA) – South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda directed that a higher specialized committee be established to follow up on the progress of the "Green Sharm" project and remove any obstacles or difficulties facing its ....

  • Environment Ministry reviews results of ECO EGYPT campaign

    Date: 2023-08-12 16:27:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:44 - ID:10297217

    CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Director of the Project for Integrating Biodiversity into Ecotourism at the Ministry of Environment Mohamed Eleiwa on Saturday presented an overview of the ECO EGYPT national campaign to promote ecotourism in the country ....

  • Egypt to promote migratory soaring birds tourism

    Date: 2023-08-12 15:22:43 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:10297177

    CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Cairo is promoting bird-watching tourism as an important sector of its tourism industry due to Egypt's strategic location as a major crossing area for soaring birds, which are integral to maintaining the balance of the ....

  • Al Aqmar Mosque to be inaugurated Sunday after end of restoration works

    Date: 2023-08-11 14:50:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:10296085

    CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Al Aqmar mosque, located on al-Muizz Street and commissioned by the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah in 519 AH/ 1125 AD, will be inaugurated on Sunday after the end of restoration works. The mosque is one of series of ....

  • Fossil of 41m-year-old miniature whale discovered by Mansoura University researchers

    Date: 2023-08-10 18:49:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:71 - ID:10295180

    MANSOURA, Aug 10 (MENA) - President of Mansoura University Sherif Khater announced that a team of the university researchers unearthed a fossil of a pint-size whale that lived around 41m years ago, in a new scientific achievement in the field of ....

  • New official appointed at EgyptAir Tourism and Duty Free Co.

    Date: 2023-08-10 18:06:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:68 - ID:10295130

    CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company Eng. Yehia Zakaria issued a decision on Thursday appointing Amr Mahmoud Ahmed Omar as chief of the duty free sector at EgyptAir Tourism and Duty Free Company in succession to Ghada El ....

  • Tourism activation authority in Alex.: Greco-Roman Museum opening to revive Italian tourism

    Date: 2023-08-10 15:57:27 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:10294824

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 10 (MENA) - The anticipated inauguration of the Greco-Roman Museum after it renovation is envisaged to revive Italian tourism to the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, said Director General of the General Authority for Tourism ....

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