Egypt
- Events At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) There is an area in the desert, about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the pyramids at Giza, which was used as a camp by soldiers during the 2nd World War, and they left behind the remains of ammunition and other things. When it...
- Site Management: Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The site of Giza is one of the most visited sites in Egypt. Everyone who comes to Egypt visits the great pyramids that dominate the landscape here. In the past, the site was crowded, cars were everywhere and also people selling...
- Touts Fight Push For Hassle-free Egypt Tourism
The Age IT IS early morning and the alleyways of Nazlet al-Saman, the mini-suburb of horse and camel stables below the Giza plateau, look like the Wild West. The sunlight, which is just beginning to cut through Cairo's haze, creates searchlights in...
- A 1902 Visit To The Pyramids At Giza
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3899The Daily Star is featuring photographs from the collection of The Arab Image Foundation over the next few weeks. This is a lovely photograph of tourism, complete with camel rides, in 1902: "The...
- Enjoying A Quiet Giza Plateau
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/790/letters.htm The Al Ahram Weekly website has featured a reader letter praising the SCA's enforcement of a decision to remove camel and horse ride vendors from the Giza Plateau: "As usual, there were plenty of tourist...
Egypt
Cross camel owners bring Cairo to a halt
http://tinyurl.com/fscmn
"Traffic came to a standstill and the streets were blocked on Wednesday in a protest that saw 400 camels and horses clog the Cairo avenue leading to the Egyptian pyramids. Camel and horse owners who make money offering pyramid visitors rides on their animals took to the streets to protest being chased out of the tourist site by the tourism police."
See the full story on the IOL website, above.
- Events At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) There is an area in the desert, about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the pyramids at Giza, which was used as a camp by soldiers during the 2nd World War, and they left behind the remains of ammunition and other things. When it...
- Site Management: Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The site of Giza is one of the most visited sites in Egypt. Everyone who comes to Egypt visits the great pyramids that dominate the landscape here. In the past, the site was crowded, cars were everywhere and also people selling...
- Touts Fight Push For Hassle-free Egypt Tourism
The Age IT IS early morning and the alleyways of Nazlet al-Saman, the mini-suburb of horse and camel stables below the Giza plateau, look like the Wild West. The sunlight, which is just beginning to cut through Cairo's haze, creates searchlights in...
- A 1902 Visit To The Pyramids At Giza
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3899The Daily Star is featuring photographs from the collection of The Arab Image Foundation over the next few weeks. This is a lovely photograph of tourism, complete with camel rides, in 1902: "The...
- Enjoying A Quiet Giza Plateau
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/790/letters.htm The Al Ahram Weekly website has featured a reader letter praising the SCA's enforcement of a decision to remove camel and horse ride vendors from the Giza Plateau: "As usual, there were plenty of tourist...