Egypt
Ahram Online
Following restoration the Salahed Citadel at Taba (Red Sea) will be opening next month.
More details when the Ahram Online website is back up and running!
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Egypt
Taba's Salahed Citadel to open in July
Ahram Online
Following restoration the Salahed Citadel at Taba (Red Sea) will be opening next month.
More details when the Ahram Online website is back up and running!
- Avenue Of Sphinxes To Open To Public In March
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) If I remember rightly, this was supposed to open October/November, so this is a fairly substantial delay, but unsurprising under the circumstances. During an inspection tour of Luxor’s archaeological sites, the Minister...
- New Site Openings
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) According to Hawass the following sites are to open soon. There are some notes about some of the sites on the above page. The Hanging Church (Coptic), CairoSuez MuseumCrocodile Museum, Kom OmboVisitor Centre, Amarna (Thanks...
- More Re The Move Of Qantar East Antiquities To Cairo
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The transported collection includes artefacts that belong to the planned Port Said, Sharm El-Sheikh and Taba museums as well as Sinai artefacts that were retrieved from Israel following the singing the Egypt-Israel Peace...
- Subterranean Vault Dating To 8th Hejira Century
http://tinyurl.com/3bvux7 (sis.gov.eg) "An immense subterranean vault was found beneath the Citadel in Cairo on 7/6/2007, said the Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni. The vault dates back to the era of King Al-Nasser Mohamed Ben Qalawun in the 8th century...
- Taba Museum To Be Restored
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ "The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is planning to spend LE2 million on developing Taba Museum. Standing on the shores of the Red Sea, overshadowed by the rugged, cinnamon-coloured mountains of the...