Egypt
Eurasia Review
- Archaeological Committee To Inspect The Looted El-hibeh Site
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An archaeological committee from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour at the El-Hibeh archaeological site in Beni Suef, as well as other sites that were subjected to looting after...
- Australian Held In Egypt In Security Probe
Reuters Egyptian authorities have detained an Australian in the tourist town of Luxor after he tried to enter one restricted security area and photographed others, security sources said on Saturday. They said the man, who also holds Polish nationality,...
- Egypt Hosts American Tourism Society Conference
Travel Daily News Egypt’s bustling metropolis of Cairo, founded in the 6th century by Arab settlers and now a city of 16 million, will showcase its ancient sites as well as its modern pulse to delegates at the American Tourism Society’s (ATS) Fall...
- Red Sea Archaeological Sites
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp"The Ministry of Culture plans to convert Red Sea archaeological sites into tourist attractions. Accordingly, a comprehensive restoration plan is to be implemented along roads leading to these sites.Khaled Saad,...
- Recent Cairo Attacks - Impacts On Tourism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/02/wegypt02.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/02/ixworld.html "Seven tourists were reported to be injured in Saturday's incidents, which came less than a month after a bomb near Cairo's well-visited...
Egypt
Egypt on alert following death of Bin Laden
Eurasia Review
Egypt on Monday announced a security alert around the American and British embassies and all their interests in the country after the American declaration about the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. . . .
Meanwhile, the Egyptian authorities decided to place all the archeological sites and all roads leading to the Luxor and the rest of the tourist sites under tight security measures within a plan aimed at providing greater protection for archaeological and tourist facilities. In the past, these sites were the target of armed attacks by Islamists.
- Archaeological Committee To Inspect The Looted El-hibeh Site
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An archaeological committee from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour at the El-Hibeh archaeological site in Beni Suef, as well as other sites that were subjected to looting after...
- Australian Held In Egypt In Security Probe
Reuters Egyptian authorities have detained an Australian in the tourist town of Luxor after he tried to enter one restricted security area and photographed others, security sources said on Saturday. They said the man, who also holds Polish nationality,...
- Egypt Hosts American Tourism Society Conference
Travel Daily News Egypt’s bustling metropolis of Cairo, founded in the 6th century by Arab settlers and now a city of 16 million, will showcase its ancient sites as well as its modern pulse to delegates at the American Tourism Society’s (ATS) Fall...
- Red Sea Archaeological Sites
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp"The Ministry of Culture plans to convert Red Sea archaeological sites into tourist attractions. Accordingly, a comprehensive restoration plan is to be implemented along roads leading to these sites.Khaled Saad,...
- Recent Cairo Attacks - Impacts On Tourism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/02/wegypt02.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/02/ixworld.html "Seven tourists were reported to be injured in Saturday's incidents, which came less than a month after a bomb near Cairo's well-visited...