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Alexandria port received yesterday morning the cruise ship ‘Neviktor’ coming from Turkey, with about 4000 tourists from different nationalities went at seven Am with more than 80 bus to Cairo and Giza to visit the Ancient Monuments. The ship will leave the port of Alexandria this morning returning to Italy.Read More

Festival Travel Egypt Dr. Ahmed Nazif, the Prime Minister honored yesterday in the Smart Village in the Sixth of October champions Egypt in the first Olympic Games for young people, which was held in Singapore. The Egyptian mission got seven medals in the session, and achieved the mission of the center 24 of 204 countries participated in the Olympic Games.Read More

Archaeologists have discovered a large structure to the northeast of the 4,600 year old Bent Pyramid, which may be the remains of an ancient harbor. It connects to one of the pyramid’s temples by way of a 140 meter long causeway. The discoveries were made by a team from the Cairo department of the German Archaeological Institute, and the Free University of Berlin. The team used magnetic survey and drill...Read More

The American-Egyptian mission from Yale University has stumbled upon what appears to be the remains of a substantial settlement. The city is a thousand years earlier than the major surviving ancient remains at the Umm Mawagir area in Kharga Oasis. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced that the settlement is dated to the Second Intermediate Period (ca.1650-1550 BC) and was discovered during excavation work as part of the Theban Desert...Read More

The Hibis temple is oriented along an east-west axis and consists of a pylon, open court, pillared hall and sanctuary. The temple would have originally also had a lake and boat quay along its eastern side. The lake would have allowed access to the temple for festival purposes. Today the first thing a visitor encounters at the temple is the outer or Roman gate that contains several Greek inscriptions. The...Read More