Tourism and Archeology

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  • Alex Governor: Restoring tourism is top priority for President Sisi

    Date: 2015-10-11 11:10:28 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:33 - ID:3507677

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 11 (MENA) - Alexandria Governor Hani el Meseiri said restoring tourism is a top priority for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. In statements after he welcomed the Captain of Mein Schiff 1 tourist vessel, Alexandria Governor ....

  • Mini-Egyptian museum at Cairo airport to open this month

    Date: 2015-10-10 11:22:33 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:3501713

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) – A mini-Egyptian museum will open later this month at the Cairo International Airport to serve Egypt’s transit passengers, the head of museums sector at the Ministry of Antiquities said. In statements to MENA Saturday, Ilham ....

  • 3 Saudi mega tourist projects in Egypt- minister

    Date: 2015-10-09 12:07:20 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:3496805

    RIYADH, Oct 9 (MENA) – Three Saudi mega tourist projects, worth billions of dollars, will be function in Egypt in the coming period, Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou said Friday. Speaking to the Saudi paper of Al Eqtisadiah, Zaazou said Egypt ....

  • Expats federation in France launches campaign to promote tourism

    Date: 2015-10-07 21:46:48 GMT - France - Tourism and Archeology - SN:113 - ID:3487933

    PARIS, Oct 7 (MENA) – An Egyptian expatriates federation in France has launched a campaign to promote tourism during the annual Saint-Denis Festival. Head of the federation, Gabriel Mahfouz, said that the Egyptian pavilion at the gathering ....

  • MENA agenda for Tuesday, October 6

    Date: 2015-10-06 06:23:11 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:1 - ID:3476121

    ABU DHABI, Intellectual leaders and experts in the sustainable development field participate in the "2015 Eye on Earth Summit", held under the auspices of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nuhayyan. RIYADH, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ....

  • Decision to reform tourist authority board

    Date: 2015-10-05 17:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:70 - ID:3474029

    CAIRO, Oct 5 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazoa issued on Monday a ministerial decision reforming the board of the Egyptian Tourist Authority under Sami Mahmoud. According to the decision, Abdel Fattah Al Asi, the undersecretary of the ....

  • Antiquities ministry announces discovery of new monument

    Date: 2015-10-04 16:38:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:3465641

    CAIRO, Oct 4 (MENA) - An Egyptian-German archaeological mission unearthed on Sunday some stone blocks dating back to the era of King Nectanebo I in Matariya near the Ain Shams district in Cairo. Also, some limestones for ancient columns and a ....

  • Rare ancient tomb found in North China

    Date: 2015-10-04 15:34:32 GMT - China - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:3466937

    BEIJING, Oct 4 (MENA) - Archaeologists in North China's Shanxi Province have excavated a rare turtle-shaped brick tomb dating back to about 800 years, Xinhua reported. Bai Shuzhang with the provincial institute of archaeology said on Sunday that ....

  • 3.599 tourists visited Luxor in 3 days

    Date: 2015-10-04 14:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:60 - ID:3466765

    LUXOR, Egypt, Oct 4 (MENA) - The number of visitors to Luxor's archaeological areas has reached 3.599 since October 1, said Chief of Upper Egypt's Historic Areas Mostafa Waziri in statements on Sunday. Waziri added that 1,144 tourists visited ....

  • Hawass urges Egypt to exercise int'l pressure on Sekhemka statue

    Date: 2015-10-04 14:24:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:55 - ID:3465625

    CAIRO, Oct 4 (MENA) – Renowned Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass urged the Egyptian government to exercise international pressure to prevent the UK's Northampton Museum from selling Egypt's 4,000-year-old statue of ....

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