Tourism and Archeology

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  • British PM completes cabinet reshuffle

    Date: 2015-05-11 10:43:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Tourism and Archeology - SN:50 - ID:2562217

    LONDON, May 11 (MENA) - Women PMs were promoted by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he completed the make up of his Cabinet, the BBC reported. Amber Rudd was made Energy Secretary, replacing Ed Davey who was among the 49 Liberal Democrat ....

  • 2,000 artifacts of King Tutankhamon moved to Grand Museum

    Date: 2015-05-10 12:06:36 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:2555509

    CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) – Nearly 2,000 artifacts of the belongings of Egypt's most famous Pharaoh Tutankhamon have been transferred from storehouses to the Grand Egyptian Museum, located in the Giza Pyramids' area. The moved items are part of the ....

  • Thai king leaves Bangkok hospital, returns to seaside palace

    Date: 2015-05-10 10:46:13 GMT - Thailand - Tourism and Archeology - SN:31 - ID:2555233

    BANGKOK, May 10 (MENA) - Thailand's 87-year-old king, the world's longest-reigning monarch, left a Bangkok hospital he checked into last year and returned Sunday to his seaside palace south of the capital. King Bhumibol Adulyadej had been in a ....

  • PM opens Khedivial Cairo restoration project's 1st phase

    Date: 2015-05-09 21:04:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:127 - ID:2552465

    CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Saturday took part in a ceremony to inaugurate the first phase of a project to restore Khedivial Cairo. The ministers of planning, local development, antiquities, culture and tourism and the ....

  • Egyptian team to participate in restoration process of king Tut golden mask, says official

    Date: 2015-05-08 09:29:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:26 - ID:2543005

    CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - A group of Egyptian restoration specialists will participate in the restoration process of King Tutankhamen’s golden mask after a sticky substance was affixed to the late king's beard earlier, the head of the restoration ....

  • 35 mln EGP for overhauling Qanater Khayreyya cotton grin

    Date: 2015-05-07 09:37:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:2536485

    BENHA, Egypt, May 7 (MENA) - Qalyubiya governorate signed a 35-million EGP cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Antiquities for renovating the oldest cotton grin in El Qanater el Khayreyya to be open for tourists. Under the protocol, a hotel ....

  • 366,000 tourists visit Red Sea in April

    Date: 2015-05-06 13:23:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:91 - ID:2531257

    HURGHADA, May 6 (MENA) - Some 366,000 tourists of different nationalities visited the Red Sea governorate in April, the tourism department said on Wednesday. In its statement, the department said 256 hotels received the tourists in four cities, ....

  • Egypt's ambassador to Austria, head of pensions union discuss ways to promote tourism

    Date: 2015-05-05 20:02:26 GMT - Austria - Tourism and Archeology - SN:135 - ID:2526353

    VIENNA, May 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Austria Khaled Shamaa on Tuesday met with Chairman of the General Federation of Austrian pensioners Carl Bleja to discuss ways to promote Egypt's tourism. Shamaa told MENA that the meeting dealt with ....

  • 1st international conference of Grand Egyptian Museum kicks off Sunday

    Date: 2015-05-05 15:07:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:91 - ID:2524245

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - The First international conference of the Grand Egyptian Museum is scheduled to kick off on Sunday. The five-day conference will be held at the headquarters of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat with ....

  • Egypt, UAE seek promoting tourism cooperation

    Date: 2015-05-05 12:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:2522141

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Khaled Ramy on Tuesday held talks in the UAE with Chairman of Abu Dhabi Authority of Tourism Sheikh Sultan bin Tahoun al Nuhayyan and acting CEO of the Tourism Sector in the UAE Sultan Hamad al ....

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