Tourism and Archeology

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  • Zaazou launches 'This is Egypt' tourism promotion campaign

    Date: 2015-12-10 13:55:32 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:3901170

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou launched Thursday "This is Egypt" tourism promotion campaign. The campaign targets the Egyptians to visit the tourist sites and hubs especially during the mid-year vacation. This came in a ....

  • Cairo, Berlin maintain cooperation to develop tourism

    Date: 2015-12-10 04:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:37 - ID:3891530

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou stressed on Wednesday that cooperation is going on with Germany to develop the tourism industry. Egypt is abundant with splendid archaeological places but unfortunately some of them are not ....

  • Archaeological sites in Luxor receive 3,150 visitors in 3 days

    Date: 2015-12-09 16:39:14 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:115 - ID:3895890

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Dec 9 (MENA) - Up to 3,150 persons visited archaeological sites in Luxor in the past three days, Director General of Luxor Antiquities Mostafa Waziry said on Wednesday. The visitors included foreigners and Egyptians, he ....

  • British amb. visits Sharm

    Date: 2015-12-09 15:29:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:106 - ID:3895002

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson paid a visit to Sharm el Sheikh to attend the memorial service ceremony for victims of the Russian plane crash in Sinai and push forward joint action between Egypt and the UK to remove a ....

  • Tutankhamun's mask to go back on display at Egyptian museum next Wednesday - minister

    Date: 2015-12-09 12:06:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:3891626

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - The mask of king Tutankhamun will be transported to its permanent display case in the halls of the Egyptian Museum next Wednesday, after it was transformed into a laboratory specifically for the mask's restoration, said ....

  • S. Sinai marks martyrdom of Saint Catherine

    Date: 2015-12-09 11:52:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:3891714

    AL TOUR, Egypt, Dec 9 (MENA) – South Sinai and the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine continues to mark the martyrdom of Saint Catherine, which falls on December 8. To mark the event, the governorate has been holding celebrations that ....

  • 80 artifacts restored to be displayed at Grand Museum

    Date: 2015-12-09 11:05:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:3891638

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - The restoration center of the Grand Egyptian Museum restored 80 artifacts, the museum project general supervisor said. The restored pieces will be displayed during the partial inauguration of the museum in 2018, Tarek ....

  • 1,200 tourists visit archaeological sites in Luxor

    Date: 2015-12-08 17:00:14 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:106 - ID:3887782

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Dec 8 (MENA) - About 1,200 tourists and visitors visited the archaeological sites in Luxor, Upper Egypt, on Monday, said the General Director of Luxor Antiquities Moustafa Wazery. In statements on Tuesday, Wazery underlined ....

  • Egypt Embassy in London restores ancient mural

    Date: 2015-12-08 16:42:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:98 - ID:3887902

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in London has successfully restored an ancient mural made of colored limestone. The mural dates back to the 19th Dynasty and had been spirited out of Egypt before 1970, the Foreign Ministry said ....

  • Tourism min. exerts efforts to fill any gaps at Egyptian airports

    Date: 2015-12-08 13:19:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:65 - ID:3885610

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said he was making tour of Egyptian airports to fill any gaps and to encourage countries that had imposed a travel ban on Sharm el Sheikh to lift it in the coming period. Addressing the ....

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