Tourism and Archeology

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  • Bent Pyramid is 'totally safe' - SCA chief

    Date: 2023-07-15 19:39:37 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:57 - ID:10257261

    CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) – Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Mostafa Waziri denied on Saturday claims circulated on social media concerning the fall of some rocks of the Bent Pyramid located at the royal necropolis of ....

  • 27 hot air balloons fly over Luxor, carrying 520 tourists

    Date: 2023-07-15 10:00:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:24 - ID:10256566

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, July 15 (MENA) – As many as 27 hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor on Saturday, carrying 520 tourists of various nationalities. The flights, operated by several travel agencies, flew over the city's archaeological ....

  • 7 million tourists visited Egypt during first half of 2023: Tourism min.

    Date: 2023-07-10 18:16:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:10249077

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - As many as 7 million tourists visited Egypt during the first half of this year, said Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ahmed Issa. The minister made the remarks Monday while presiding over the permanent committee for ....

  • Egyptian embassy in Germany receives 40 smuggled artifacts

    Date: 2023-07-10 16:29:18 GMT - Germany - Tourism and Archeology - SN:55 - ID:10248929

    BERLIN, July 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Berlin Khalid Galal received on Monday more than 40 smuggled Egyptian artifacts from Germany. Cultural Officer for the Middle East and Africa at the German Foreign Ministry Carsten Wilms handed over ....

  • Tourism min. hails efforts exerted by GEM staff to establish project

    Date: 2023-07-09 22:04:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:81 - ID:10247299

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ahmed Eissa hailed on Sunday efforts exerted by the staff of the Grand Egyptian Museum to establish this great project. This came while chairing a meeting with board of directors of the GEM ....

  • 23 hot air balloons fly over Luxor, carrying 498 tourists

    Date: 2023-07-09 19:23:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:62 - ID:10247259

    LUXOR, July 9 (MENA) – As many as 23 hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor on Sunday, carrying 498 tourists of various nationalities after two-day hiatus due to bad weather conditions. The flights, operated by several travel agencies, flew ....

  • SCA chief inspects Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs in Australia

    Date: 2023-07-09 11:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:35 - ID:10246484

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Mostafa Waziri has inspected the special halls didicated to receive the international touring exhibition titled "Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs" in its ....

  • Egypt’s Tutankhamun exhibition’s artifacts to be displayed in Moscow

    Date: 2023-07-08 15:22:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:10245503

    CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - Moscow will host the Treasures of Tutankhamun's Tomb exhibition on August 24 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Egypt-Russia diplomatic ties. The exhibition will feature more than 100 pieces, including reproductions of ....

  • Hot air balloons trips in Luxor cancelled over bad weather

    Date: 2023-07-07 15:43:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:52 - ID:10244227

    LUXOR, July 7 (MENA) - The civil aviation authorities decided to cancel all hot air balloons trips on the West Bank of Luxor for the second day in a row due to bad weather and strong winds. In a statement released on Friday, Amr Atef, the ....

  • Egypt retrieves important piece of antiquity from Switzerland

    Date: 2023-07-05 19:02:31 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:52 - ID:10241543

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Switzerland, Wael Gad, received from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture an important piece of antiquity that was smuggled abroad after it had been discovered at an archaeological site in Abydos - one of ....

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