Tourism and Archeology

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  • Foreign Ministry: Egypt recovered artifact dating back to Old Egyptian Civilization

    Date: 2015-12-14 11:27:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:40 - ID:3923557

    CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for Cultural Relations Ambassadress Iman el Far said Egypt has recovered an ancient Egyptian artifact dating back to the 19th Dynasty of the Modern Kingdom of the Pharaohs. The restored piece is a ....

  • Antiquities min. holds press conference on King Tut mask restoration

    Date: 2015-12-14 10:54:40 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:35 - ID:3923201

    CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el Damati will hold a press conference Wednesday on the occasion of the end of the renovation of the golden mask of King Tutankhamun. Damati will announce all details concerning the 8-week ....

  • Egyptian official says Russia could allow its tourists back soon

    Date: 2015-12-13 17:13:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:70 - ID:3919773

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 13 (MENA) – Head of the Tourism Authority Samy Mahmoud said he expects the Russian authorities to issue a decision soon to allow its tourists back to Egypt. Speaking to MENA on the sidelines of the extraordinary ....

  • Antiquities ministry receives mural from foreign ministry

    Date: 2015-12-13 13:48:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:34 - ID:3917853

    CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Antiquities Ministry received Sunday a mural from the Foreign Ministry after it managed to restore it from Britain in October. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty said that the mural was illegitimately taken out of ....

  • Egypt received 9 mln tourists in 2015 - official

    Date: 2015-12-12 22:09:03 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:116 - ID:3914993

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Head of Egypt's General Authority for Tourism Promotion Samy Mahmoud on Saturday said that Egypt received nine million tourists since the beginning of 2015. Mahmoud delivered a speech on behalf of Tourism Minister ....

  • Hurghada airport receives 150 Chinese tourists

    Date: 2015-12-12 12:55:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:3911838

    HURGHADA, Dec 12 (MENA) - Hurghada International Airport received Saturday 150 Chinese tourists. They were welcomed by the general director of the airport Sadeq el Shura. In statements on Saturday, el Shura said that the tourists come from ....

  • 5,556 tourists arrive in Cairo

    Date: 2015-12-11 13:09:35 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:3907034

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - As many as 5,556 tourists of different nationalities have arrived at Cairo International Airport over the past 24 hours to visit tourist and archaeological sites. They included 2,751 Arab tourists, a security source at the ....

  • Education minister to lead pro-tourism rally in Sharm El Shiekh

    Date: 2015-12-10 22:35:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:115 - ID:3904130

    SHARM EL SHIEKH, Dec 10 (MENA) - Education Minister El Helaly El Sherbeeny will lead a rally on Friday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Shiekh in support of tourism industry in Egypt. At least 2,000 officials from the ministry and its ....

  • Antiquities minister, Guinean envoy confer on joint cooperation

    Date: 2015-12-10 21:42:43 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:111 - ID:3904482

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty on Sunday conferred with Guinea's ambassador in Cairo on ways of promoting joint cooperation between Cairo and Conakry. In statements following the meeting, Damaty said he discussed ....

  • Zaazou, Bishop Paul of Tanta mull initiative to promote domestic tourism

    Date: 2015-12-10 21:24:40 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:108 - ID:3903874

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou held a meeting Thursday with Bishop Paul of Tanta to discuss a new initiative to promote domestic tourism, launched by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese. Under ....

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