Tourism and Archeology

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  • World Tourism Day to be observed in Egypt Sunday

    Date: 2015-09-30 19:10:44 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:89 - ID:3445345

    CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) – The World Tourism Day will be observed across the country on Sunday under the theme of "One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities." Celebrations are expected to be attended by Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou who would ....

  • Luxor celebrates ancient Opet Festival

    Date: 2015-09-29 21:03:04 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:104 - ID:3438189

    LUXOR, Egypt, Sept 29 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Damati, Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazou and Luxor Governor Mohammad Badr on Tuesday took part in a celebration that marks the ancient Egypt’s Opet Festival. The event, which was ....

  • Antiquities minister, Luxor governor inspect Valley of Kings

    Date: 2015-09-29 10:02:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:33 - ID:3433661

    LUXOR, Sept 29 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Damati, Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazou and Luxor Governor Mohammad Badr on Tuesday inspected the Valley of the Kings area at western bank of the Nile. The two ministers will later hold a ....

  • Alexandria's Qaitbay Citadel 'favorite destination in Eid'

    Date: 2015-09-28 18:15:05 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:93 - ID:3430449

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Alexandria's Qaitbay Citadel was the favorite tourism destination during the Eidul Adha holiday, chief of the Islamic and Coptic antiquities at the Antiquities Ministry Mohammed Metwali said on Monday. He said more ....

  • 'We hope Egyptologist's Queen Nefertiti's crypt theory true': min.

    Date: 2015-09-28 16:03:14 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:81 - ID:3429453

    LUXOR, Sept 28 (MENA) – Minister of Antiquities Mamduh al-Damaty has expressed hopes that the theory of Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves on Queen Nefertiti's crypt behind the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Luxor's Valley of Kings proves true. Reeves is ....

  • PM follows up progress in establishing Egypt's Grand Museum

    Date: 2015-09-28 11:01:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:3426849

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail reviewed with Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty the progress in the establishment of the Egyptian Grand Museum, Cabinet Spokesman Hossam el Qawish said on Monday. This came during a ....

  • Antiquities minister, Egyptologist discuss Nefertiti burial theory

    Date: 2015-09-28 10:03:31 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:3426853

    LUXOR, Sept 28 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el Damati met Monday with Nicholas Reeves, a British Egyptologist, to listen to his theory regarding the burial of Nefertiti in a hidden chamber of King Tut's tomb. The minister and Reeves ....

  • 5,000 people visit Alexandria Qaitbay Citadel within Eid two days - official

    Date: 2015-09-26 12:38:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:44 - ID:3417841

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - About 5,000 people have visited Alexandria's Qaitbay Citadel within the first two days of Eidul Adha, chief of the Islamic and Coptic antiquities at the Antiquities Ministry Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Latif said on Saturday. In ....

  • Egypt's best places photos fair opened in China

    Date: 2015-09-26 11:52:17 GMT - China - Tourism and Archeology - SN:39 - ID:3417553

    BEIJING. Sept 26 (MENA) - Egypt inaugurates in China an exhibition displaying pictures on the best tourist, natural and historic places in Egypt. Egyptian Ambassador in Beijing Magdy Amer opened the exhibition which displays more than 100,000 ....

  • 20,000 Egyptians, foreigners visited Pyramids Thursday, Friday

    Date: 2015-09-26 09:10:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:23 - ID:3416841

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Nearly 20,000 Egyptians and tourists of different nationalities have visited the Pyramids area over the past two days. The number of visitors is relatively high compared to the Lesser Bairam, said the media department in the ....

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