Tourism and Archeology
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Cabinet approves pro-tourism decisions
Date: 2016-02-03 17:36:35 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:99 - ID:4244729
CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - The cabinet on Wednesday okayed a contract of usufruct reached by Luxor authorities with a travel agency to use a Nile port. Two other pro-tourism decisions were also passed by the government at a meeting chaired by Prime ....
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Danish Prince, tourists from Asia, Europe visit Qaitbay citadel
Date: 2016-02-03 14:18:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:72 - ID:4242801
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 3 (MENA) - Qaitbay Citadel, one of the oldest Islamic monuments in Egypt and the Arab world, received Wednesday a number of foreign tourist groups from East Asia and Europe. Among the visitors was Prince Henrik of Denmark, ....
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Interior Ministry, Egyptian Tourism Federation sign cooperation protocol
Date: 2016-02-02 18:09:45 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:107 - ID:4237697
CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou on Tuesday witnessed a signing ceremony of a cooperation protocol between the General Department of Tourism and Antiquities Police of the Interior Ministry and the Egyptian Tourism ....
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4,000 tourists visited Luxor Tuesday: Official
Date: 2016-02-02 17:41:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:106 - ID:4238225
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb 2 (MENA) - Around 4,000 tourists visited archaeological sites in Luxor on Tuesday, said Director General of Luxor Antiquities Mustafa Waziri. About 1,000 foreign tourists visited the city throughout the day against 3,000 ....
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Egyptian Museums displays never-shown-before relic
Date: 2016-02-02 12:10:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:58 - ID:4235153
CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) – The Egyptian Museum started Monday displaying a new artifact that has never been shown to the public after its renovation and changed the display venue of two other relics to cope with their artistic and historical value, ....
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Prince Henrik visit to Egypt promotes tourism
Date: 2016-02-02 09:54:23 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:28 - ID:4233605
CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) - The friendly visit of Prince Henrik of Denmark to Egypt is a good promotion for tourism in Egypt, the Tourism Ministry said. In a statement Tuesday, the ministry said the prince is used to spend a vacation at this time of ....
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Awqaf min. forms committee to inspect rare manuscripts
Date: 2016-02-01 21:59:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:117 - ID:4231989
CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa ordered on Monday the formation of an ad-hoc committee to inspect rare manuscripts in the ministry's headquarters. The move came in coordination with Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el ....
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Egypt, Czech probe holding antiquities exhibition in 2019
Date: 2016-02-01 15:40:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:86 - ID:4230009
CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damati met with visiting Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek on Monday to probe the possibility of organizing a temporary exhibition for Egyptian antiquities in the Czech Republic in 2019 for ....
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Tourism min. receives delegation of participants in Arab Tourist Media Forum
Date: 2016-01-31 20:30:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:122 - ID:4224765
CAIRO, Jan 31 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou on Sunday met with delegations of media outlets that took part in the eighth Arab Tourist Media Forum, kicked off on Thursday. During the meeting, Zaazou hailed the visit, briefing the ....
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6 persons arrested over digging for antiquities in Alex
Date: 2016-01-31 15:21:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:91 - ID:4222865
ALEXANDRIA, Jan 31 (MENA) – Alexandria police arrested six persons while they were digging for antiquities in a house in El Kabbari district in Alexandria. Mina Al basal police station received a tip-off that the six people were excavating for ....