Egypt
- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- The Pharaohs Get A Face-lift
The Times Online I was tempted to think that nothing ever changes in Luxor. Temples and tombs survive; boats sail on the Nile; the fellahin, Egypt’s farmers, still irrigate their crops with rainwater from Ethiopia and Uganda; and the sun, the valley...
- Summary Of Mubarak Visit To Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/828/heritage.htm A detailed account of Mubarak's visit to Luxor, with information about some of the projects that he was taken to see. A very useful summary for anyone interested in the development of culture and heritage...
- Mubarak Opens Projects In Luxor
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/home/detail_2_22.shtml"President Hosni Mubarak yesterday opened several projects in Luxor, including the Mubarak Egyptian Heritage Centre, Luxor’s modernised railway station and airport road. The President was briefed on...
- Luxor Airport Upgraded
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/1.asp President Mubarak opened the expansion and upgrade work at Luxor International Airport with a speech to the Supreme Tourism Council. The upgrade to Luxor airport "includes six arrival and departure halls, one...
Egypt
More re Mrs Mubarak visit to Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/25ene8 (sis.gov.eg)
"A library, a cultural centre and a hospital are all new projects Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated Saturday in Luxor. Obviously, the Upper Egyptian city is starting to get the attention it deserves, being the capital of the greatest civilisation in man's history. The airport has been rehabilitated as well. In fact, Mrs. Mubarak began her seven-hour tour at Luxor airport. Accompanying Mrs. Mubarak was Minister of Civil Aviation Ahmed Shafiq who spoke of renovation work at the airport. For her, the Mubarak Public Library is truly something to see. The library has an Egyptology department - the first of its kind in Egypt - as well as a language and a computer lab. The Egyptology section is made up of two rooms: one containing more than 20,000 relevant books and the other for maps."
See th above page for the full story.
"A library, a cultural centre and a hospital are all new projects Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated Saturday in Luxor. Obviously, the Upper Egyptian city is starting to get the attention it deserves, being the capital of the greatest civilisation in man's history. The airport has been rehabilitated as well. In fact, Mrs. Mubarak began her seven-hour tour at Luxor airport. Accompanying Mrs. Mubarak was Minister of Civil Aviation Ahmed Shafiq who spoke of renovation work at the airport. For her, the Mubarak Public Library is truly something to see. The library has an Egyptology department - the first of its kind in Egypt - as well as a language and a computer lab. The Egyptology section is made up of two rooms: one containing more than 20,000 relevant books and the other for maps."
See th above page for the full story.
- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- The Pharaohs Get A Face-lift
The Times Online I was tempted to think that nothing ever changes in Luxor. Temples and tombs survive; boats sail on the Nile; the fellahin, Egypt’s farmers, still irrigate their crops with rainwater from Ethiopia and Uganda; and the sun, the valley...
- Summary Of Mubarak Visit To Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/828/heritage.htm A detailed account of Mubarak's visit to Luxor, with information about some of the projects that he was taken to see. A very useful summary for anyone interested in the development of culture and heritage...
- Mubarak Opens Projects In Luxor
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/home/detail_2_22.shtml"President Hosni Mubarak yesterday opened several projects in Luxor, including the Mubarak Egyptian Heritage Centre, Luxor’s modernised railway station and airport road. The President was briefed on...
- Luxor Airport Upgraded
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/1.asp President Mubarak opened the expansion and upgrade work at Luxor International Airport with a speech to the Supreme Tourism Council. The upgrade to Luxor airport "includes six arrival and departure halls, one...