Egypt
Time (Jaya Jiwatram)
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BBC News Several key London attractions saw increased visitor numbers in 2008, despite the economic downturn. The British Museum proved to be the most popular, with 5.9m visitors, an increase of almost 10% over 2007. But the Association of Leading Visitor...
- Tourism: Japanese Tourists In Egypt Up By 47% In 2007
Egypt State Information Service “The number of Japanese tourists visiting Egypt rose to over 129,000 in 2007, up 47 percent in comparison with 2006,” Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana said Wednesday6/2/2008, while addressing the inaugural session of...
- Egyptological Events To Mark Exhibition
http://www.newsobserver.com/327/story/563378.htmlThanks to Tony Marsonf or sending me this piece about an Egyptology themed Spring festival , which looks like a lot of fun: "Imagine a 50-ton sand sculpture molded into the head of an Egyptian king, complete...
- Brighton's Pyramids Take Shape
http://tinyurl.com/bsuad "They stand up to 45ft tall and are a cut above your run-of-the-mill seaside sand castles. The ornate works, recreating ancient Egypt in 10,000 tons of sand imported from Holland, will feature in Britain's first festival of...
- Sandcastles Sculptures Of Ancient Egypt
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-1667010,00.html A little weekend trivia for you, proving how resilient the British sense of humour truly is. "The town with possibly the pebbliest beach in Britain is to host a sand sculpture festival this...
Egypt
Trivia: Ancient Egypt depicted in snow
Time (Jaya Jiwatram)
When a group of enthusiastic Japanese students built a couple of snow sculptures at their local park in 1950, little did they realize they were kicking off a tradition that would snowball into one of their city's biggest attractions — the Sapporo Snow Festival.
This year's event, from Feb. 5 to 11, features more than 290 displays — of which the biggest are ambitious reproductions of ancient Egyptian ruins, including the Great Sphinx of Giza, standing up to 55 ft. (17 m) high. Work is on show at three free-admission locations.
The Festival has its own website with a version in English. The Egyptian themed sculptures are at the Odori site and there is a photograph of them on the Odori site page (page down to item 7).
- Bm Heads Visitor Numbers In London, Uk
BBC News Several key London attractions saw increased visitor numbers in 2008, despite the economic downturn. The British Museum proved to be the most popular, with 5.9m visitors, an increase of almost 10% over 2007. But the Association of Leading Visitor...
- Tourism: Japanese Tourists In Egypt Up By 47% In 2007
Egypt State Information Service “The number of Japanese tourists visiting Egypt rose to over 129,000 in 2007, up 47 percent in comparison with 2006,” Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana said Wednesday6/2/2008, while addressing the inaugural session of...
- Egyptological Events To Mark Exhibition
http://www.newsobserver.com/327/story/563378.htmlThanks to Tony Marsonf or sending me this piece about an Egyptology themed Spring festival , which looks like a lot of fun: "Imagine a 50-ton sand sculpture molded into the head of an Egyptian king, complete...
- Brighton's Pyramids Take Shape
http://tinyurl.com/bsuad "They stand up to 45ft tall and are a cut above your run-of-the-mill seaside sand castles. The ornate works, recreating ancient Egypt in 10,000 tons of sand imported from Holland, will feature in Britain's first festival of...
- Sandcastles Sculptures Of Ancient Egypt
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-1667010,00.html A little weekend trivia for you, proving how resilient the British sense of humour truly is. "The town with possibly the pebbliest beach in Britain is to host a sand sculpture festival this...