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Tourism and Archeology
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Antiquities min. reviews preparation for planned exhibit
Date: 2015-09-17 13:33:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:50 - ID:3369673
CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – Caretaker Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Al-Damati on Thursday met with a team tasked with preparing a hall that will host Exhibition of "Crafts and industries over the ages". The exhibit, which will group 400 various ....
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Egypt is no.1 tourist destination for Russians -- diplomat
Date: 2015-09-16 21:23:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:117 - ID:3365969
CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) - Egypt has become the number-one destination for Russian tourists, said Cairo's Ambassador in Moscow Mohamed El Badry, citing Russian official figures. "This is despite a seven-percent drop in the number of Russian tourists ....
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Official denies fall of historic parts of Temple of Kom Ombo
Date: 2015-09-15 22:34:23 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:117 - ID:3358745
ASWAN, Egypt, Sept 15 (MENA) – Director General of Aswan and Nubia archaeological area Nasr Salama dismissed Tuesday news reports about the fall of a historic stone bloc from the Temple of Kom Ombo. Earlier reports said a sandstorm that hit the ....
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Wadi El Hitan museum to be opened in October
Date: 2015-09-15 21:32:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:111 - ID:3358393
CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - Caretaker environment minister Khalid Fahmy on Tuesday said Fayyoum's Wadi El Hitan (Valley of the Whales) museum would be opened in October. Separately, Fahmy said that the Italian government has provided a dlrs four ....
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King Tut mask to be unniched as of Oct. 10
Date: 2015-09-15 17:12:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:97 - ID:3358301
CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - Mamdouh el Damaty, the tourism minister in the caretaker government, said Tuesday that an Egyptian-German committee tasked with renovating the golden mask of King Tut Ankh Amoun decided to lift the ancient artifact, ....
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Red Sea governor leaves Cairo heading for Russia
Date: 2015-09-15 09:11:11 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:23 - ID:3353669
CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdullah left Cairo Tuesday heading for Russia to attend a press conference on Wednesday on tourism in Egypt. Minister of Tourism Khaled Rami, South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda and Egypt's ....
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Small stone bloc falls in Temple of Kom Ombo of Aswan sandstorm
Date: 2015-09-14 21:30:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:107 - ID:3351925
CAIRO, Sept 14 (MENA) – The sandstorm that hit the ancient city of Aswan Monday caused the fall of a small stone bloc on the upper doorsill of the second hall of the Temple of Kom Ombo, an official in charge of Answan Antiquities told MENA on ....
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Tourism in New Valley not affected by Mexican tourists incident - official
Date: 2015-09-14 14:30:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:69 - ID:3349397
KHARGA, Egypt, Sept 14 (MENA) - Tourism in New Valley governorate was not affected by the incident of the Mexican tourists, which took place last night, said head of the regional authority for tourism promotion in the New Valley Khaled Hassan. ....
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Archaeologist says Ministry of Antiquities "important economic entity"
Date: 2015-09-14 12:15:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:3347437
CAIRO, Sept 14 (MENA) - An Egyptian archaeologist has said that the Ministry of Antiquities is one of the most important economic entities in Egypt. Indeed, monuments can be of a big economic benefit if optimally used, Hassan Seliman told MENA ....
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2,420 tourists visit Luxor in 2 days
Date: 2015-09-08 21:53:46 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:109 - ID:3314253
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) - The number of visitors to Luxor's archaeological areas reached 2,420 in two days, said Chief of Upper Egypt's Historic Areas Mostafa Waziri in statements on Tuesday. Waziri clarified that 1120 tourists visited ....
