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Tourism and Archeology
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Great Pyramid of Giza, Sphinx to turn blue for UN' 70th birthday
Date: 2015-10-21 19:11:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:108 - ID:3578149
CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Ahead of UN Day, marked annually on 24 October, around 200 iconic monuments, buildings, museums, bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will be lit up blue – the official color of the Organization ....
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Minya university president meets German mission to restore monuments in Tuna el Gabal area in Malawi
Date: 2015-10-21 12:17:02 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:51 - ID:3575401
MINYA, Upper Egypt, Oct 21 (MENA) - President of Minya University Gamal Abul Magd met Wednesday with the German mission to restore monuments in Tuna el Gabal in Malawi in cooperation with Antiquities Ministry and Hussein Mohamed Ali, coordinator of ....
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Antiquities min. probes organizing exhibition of Mameluke artifacts in Kazakhstan
Date: 2015-10-21 11:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:46 - ID:3575173
CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty discussed with Kazakhstan's ambassador here means of promoting joint cooperation in the field of antiquities. During the meeting held in the ministry's headquarters, el Damaty probed ....
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Five indicators on deliberate sun illumination on Abu Simbel Temple - Egyptologist
Date: 2015-10-21 09:55:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:3573957
CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Egyptologist Ahmed Saleh said on Wednesday there are five indicators that the inner statues of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan were built by ancient Egyptians in a way to make the sun illuminate on them. The unique astronomical ....
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Egypt elected president of WTO executive council for 2016
Date: 2015-10-20 16:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:94 - ID:3570585
CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Egypt was elected on Tuesday as president of the executive council of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) for 2016. The elections were held on the sidelines of the 21st session of the WTO general assembly held in ....
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EgyptAir gets modern aircraft
Date: 2015-10-20 13:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:70 - ID:3569493
CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - EgyptAir Holding Company chairman Sherif Fathi said Tuesday the company is now working to develop and improve services. At a press conference, Fathi said eight old planes will be replaced by modern ones which will enter ....
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Sun aligns over Ramses II temple on Oct 22
Date: 2015-10-20 08:59:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:17 - ID:3566897
CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - The world's attention will be set Ramses II temple at Abu Simbel as the sun will align over the temple on Thursday in a rare astronomical phenomenon, an Egyptologist said. Ahmed Saleh said the temple's internal chamber ....
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Tourism min., Polish amb. in Cairo probe increasing inbound tourists
Date: 2015-10-19 13:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:70 - ID:3561765
CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou held a meeting with Polish ambassador here to probe tourist ties between the two countries and lifting travel ban imposed by the Polish authorities on Egypt. Zaazou expressed his happiness for ....
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Culture minister probes with UNESCO delegation renovation of Hassan Fathi's village
Date: 2015-10-19 12:52:35 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:3561777
CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Helmi Namnam met on Monday with a UNESCO delegation to discuss the project of renovating the historical village of late Egyptian architect Hassan Fathi in Luxor. The minister issued directives about ....
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Antiquities Ministry to launch project for exploration of Pyramids secrets
Date: 2015-10-19 12:08:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:55 - ID:3561057
CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Ministry of Antiquities announced Monday the launching of an Egyptian international project to explore the secrets of the Pyramids with the use of safe technologies called "ScanPyramids". These remarks were made by ....
