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In 2009, the sector employed about 12 percent of Egypt's workforce. [1] In 2016, the minister of tourism expressed his concern and optimism about tourists returning to Egypt, despite the downing of a Russian flight in 2015. The minister has said "we are all in this together," referring to terrorism that hurts a country's tourism industry. [2 ...
The Ministry of Antiquities works to get the items restored back to Egypt, whenever possible. Over the years, thousands of stolen antiquities have made their way back to Egypt. For instance, in late 2016, the ministry recovered and repatriated two of four Islamic era lamps which had been stolen in 2015. [4]
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities: at the main entrance, the Supreme Council of Antiquities flag can be seen either side of the Egyptian flag. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA; Arabic: المجلس الأعلى للآثار, romanized: al-Majlis al-Aʻlá lil-Āthār) was established in 1994, responsible for the conservation, protection, and regulation of all antiquities and ...
In 2019, the ministry announced the discovery of seven gold coins dated to Egypt’s Byzantine period (AD 284 to 641) as well as a collection of ushabti statues engraved with the name of King ...
In January 2018, Al-Mashat was appointed Egypt's Minister of Tourism by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, taking the number of women in the Cabinet to six. [12] [13] Al-Mashat became the first woman to hold the position and Egypt's youngest minister. [4] In this role she oversees the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board and the Tourism Development ...
Starting from January 1996, he became a lecturer for Egyptology at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Cairo University, Fayoum Branch. Upon founding an archaeological department at the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University in August 1998, he moved to the new department as a lecturer for Egyptology until end of 2001.
In November and December 2020, French Horologist Francois Simon-Fustier travelled to Cairo to examine the clock, and sent a report to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. [1] The reparation of the clock was carried out by an Egyptian expert from Luxor. [1]
Cairo University (Arabic: جامعة القاهرة, romanized: Jāmiʿat al-Qāhira) is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza , immediately across the Nile from Cairo . It was founded on 21 December 1908; [ 2 ] after being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were ...