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Tourism and Archeology
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Alexandria artifacts to be shown at Paris exhibition
Date: 2015-07-26 19:18:41 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:78 - ID:3046853
ALEXANDRIA, July 26 (MENA) – The head of the Alexandria Submerged Antiquities department said on Sunday several artifacts have left Alexandria port to Belgium to take part in an exhibition in Paris. Mohamed Mostafa said the artifacts will be ....
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Merneptah Stele 'safe' and 'sound' - official
Date: 2015-07-26 15:48:32 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:64 - ID:3045909
CAIRO, July 26 (MENA) - The Merneptah Stele is safe and sound and was not transferred to the Citadel in Fustat, as claimed by a number of news websites and social networking sites, said Antiquities Department Director Mahmoud Afifi. In ....
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Egypt witnessing tourism boom - minister
Date: 2015-07-26 12:32:33 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:3044085
CAIRO, July 26 (MENA) - Egypt is witnessing a tourism boom thanks to the success of the tourism promotion campaign in the Arab market, which was launched in Ramadan along with domestic tourism which registered unprecedented rates during Eidul Fitr ....
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Delegation of Mexican tourism companies to visit Luxor in September
Date: 2015-07-26 11:30:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:32 - ID:3043669
LUXOR, July 26 (MENA) - Chairman of the Tourism Companies Chamber in Luxor Tharwat Agamy said a delegation of the Mexican tourism companies and agencies will visit Luxor on September 13 as part of tourism promotion efforts. In statements on ....
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Digging works of new Suez Canal to be documented in special publication
Date: 2015-07-26 09:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:3043109
CAIRO, July 26 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Mamaty said on Sunday a special publication documenting the digging of the new Suez Canal project and the archaeological sites located in the precincts of the Suez Canal Corridor will see daylight ....
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West Bank lighting makes Luxor visitable by tourists through the year - minister
Date: 2015-07-26 06:00:46 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:3 - ID:3042261
LUXOR, July 26 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Mamaty stressed that lighting the West Bank of Luxor, the world's greatest archaeological open-air museum, makes the city visitable by tourists all through the year and not in the winter ....
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Court of Ramesseum Temple in Luxor restoration kicks off: Antiquities min.
Date: 2015-07-25 23:26:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:94 - ID:3041697
LUXOR, July 25 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damati announced on Saturday the launch of a project to restore the courtyard of Ramses II at the Temple of the Ramesseum in Luxor, Upper Egypt. The minister made the remarks during the ....
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Attempt to smuggle 20 ancient coins thwarted
Date: 2015-07-25 13:24:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:3039493
CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle 20 ancient coins to Canada was thwarted Saturday at Cairo International Airport. The artifacts, belonging to Muhammad Ali Pasha era (1769 – 1849), were hidden in an Egyptian passenger's bag. He ....
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Antiquities minister inspects Karnak Temple amid Luxor visit
Date: 2015-07-25 12:58:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:37 - ID:3038889
CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el Damati inspected Saturday the Karnak Temple amid his visit to Luxor to inaugurate a project to lighten the western mainland in the Upper Egyptian city. El Damati was received upon arrival ....
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1,450 tourists visit Abu Simbel city in week
Date: 2015-07-24 21:13:46 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:76 - ID:3036493
ASWAN, Egypt, July 24 (MENA) - As many as 1,450 tourists of different nationalities visited Abu Simbel City in southern Aswan this week, head of Abu Simbel antiquities department Hossam Aboud said Friday. The tourists, mainly from China, Germany, ....
