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Tourism and Archeology
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Fake gun used in Sharm hotel only for entertainment
Date: 2015-07-05 17:43:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:89 - ID:2927241
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) – Tourism Ministry said that an incident where an employee in a Sharm El Sheikh hotel raised a fake gun towards a guest in the hotel was only for entertainment and will not be repeated. Spokesman of the ministry Rasha el ....
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Egypt restores smuggled artifact from British holder
Date: 2015-07-05 15:04:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:2925097
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities on Sunday received a sandstone artifact that represents part of a column of King Thutmose IV Hall at the Karnak Temple. The artifact had previously been smuggled out of the country to ....
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Antiquities min. meets Japanese amb.
Date: 2015-07-02 13:13:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:80 - ID:2908989
CAIRO, July 2 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty held on Thursday a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Takehiro Kagawa. The meeting was attended by Supervisor General of the Grand Egyptian Museum Tareq Tawfiq. They tackled ....
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Egypt consul general in NY inaugurates renovated Cleopatra's Needle
Date: 2015-07-01 08:50:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:2899557
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Egypt's consul general in New York Ahmed Farouk has inaugurated renovated Cleopatra's Needle placed close to the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan. Farouk was keen on attending the inauguration of the ancient Egyptian ....
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48,000 Chinese tourists visited Egypt till April - official
Date: 2015-06-29 15:23:38 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:131 - ID:2889177
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Head of tourism relations at the tourist authority Mohamed Abdel Gabbar underlined close ties binding Egypt and China in the various political, economic and cultural spheres. China contributed to the establishment of the ....
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EPTA contracts with Polish world champion of water skiing to promote for Egyptian tourism
Date: 2015-06-29 09:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:2884645
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) – The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority has contracted with the 2014 olish world champion of water skiing, to promote for the tourism in Egypt, Tourism Minister Khaled Rami said. Rami asserted the importance of employing ....
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US tourism delegation arrives in Luxor
Date: 2015-06-28 21:38:50 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:121 - ID:2883329
LUXOR, June 28 (MENA) - A US delegation representing major tour operators and travel agencies arrived in Luxor on Sunday. The visit is part of the efforts that aimed at luring more American tourists to Egypt. The delegation included ....
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Luxor airport not affected by sand storm, says official
Date: 2015-06-28 12:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:2880721
CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - Luxor International Airport was not affected by the sand storm that hit the governorate early on Sunday, an official said. Bekhit Khairy, the director of public relations at the airport, said all domestic flights landed on ....
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70 percent of Islamic Art Museum restored, says antiquities minister
Date: 2015-06-26 09:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:21 - ID:2866565
CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty said restoration work of the Islamic Art Museum, which has been badly damaged by a bomb explosion targeting the nearby Cairo Security Directorate last year, has been roughly wrapped ....
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4 flights from Germany arrive at Luxor airport
Date: 2015-06-25 18:04:39 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:96 - ID:2864753
LUXOR, June 25 (MENA) - Luxor International Airport received Thursday four flights coming from Germany with 370 German tourists on board, said the airport's director Hesham El Hosseiny. In statements, Hosseiny said tourists came from the cities ....
