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Luxor Temple

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This temple was built to worship the god Amun-Ra. Begins with the entrance of the temple edifice which was built by Ramses II and has statues sitting Dkhman they represented. And advancing the temple obelisks, one still exist and other adorn the Place de la Concorde in Paris.  Leila this edifice courtyard of Ramses II, surrounded on three sides by two rows of columns on the papyrus bundle subsidized. In the northeastern part there is now a mosque in Abu pilgrims.  Other parts of the temple built by Amenhotep III, and starts Hall of huge columns of fourteen columns are divided into two rows, then great patio open and surrounded by three sides by two rows of columns - and then we get to the lobby columns and features 32 columns - Inside the temple room of the boat Bible.  The cabin was built by Alexander the Great has a small compartment inside bears his name Amenhotep III. Finally we get to the Holy of Holies, where the sacred statue chamber and by four columns...

Pharaonic antiquities in Luxor

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 The Luxor is the largest ancient city in the world and by many of the ancient Pharaonic antiquities, and that makes it a unique time in challenging the originality and greatness and contain Dinah Luxor on the effects of two-thirds of the world which shows the interest of the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor tourist and archaeological.  And where Humanity ancient Egyptian and the evolution of the foot of an ancient civilization preceded the civilizations of the peoples of the world civilization, the Egyptian pharaohs, a civilization, a leader in innovations and Amaúrha and arts architectural and archaeological where I learned the human arts construction, where stunned the world and scientists their progress and flag adroit in Jal Architecture    It is a civilization-related progress and sophistication level of human ancient Egyptian and left in his mind, an honorable mark splendid in the field of arts and architecture and ancient Egyptians were so keen on w...

Minister of Tourism: toughening the punishment of foreign Balsaúhat harassment in Egypt

   Said Hisham Zaazou, Minister of Tourism, in a special statement to him that despite the proliferation of incidents of harassment Balsaúhat in a number of tourist hotels, but that this phenomenon did not affect the tourist movement to Egypt because of these incidents individually means that the phenomenon of sexual harassment phenomenon limited and alien to the community. He Zazoa, on the sidelines of his participation in the signing of a protocol of cooperation with the National Council for Women Today, the Ministry of Tourism in coordination with the tourism sectors to prepare a database of workers in the tourist resorts and approve of the death of the severely on those practices to tourists during their stay in Egypt

Japanese Tourism News

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Giza Governorate canceled jumped from a Japanese plane pyramids area, which was scheduled for today, Monday, for failure to complete the necessary permits for that experience. Said Dr. Abdel Rahman Governor of Giza, according to a statement a short while ago, said that since the abolition of the ban on Japanese tourism, has been held several meetings with him to discuss all the ways to secure the delegations of Japan, adding that Japanese tourists accounted for 30% of the Asian tourism for the Giza Governorate culturally. The Giza governorate will receive today, the first Japanese delegations awaiting the establishment of a Alhaoan jumping out of a plane and landing area of ​​the pyramids to celebrate the lifting of the ban on Japanese tourism

Minister of Antiquities: Pyramid of Djoser of the most important landmarks of Egyptian civilization

  Dr. Mamdouh Eldamaty Minister relics that the pyramid of Zoser of the most important landmarks of Egyptian civilization, and rumors began two years ago about the collapses interior of the pyramid, where it was Chkpl Committee at the time of professors and experts from universities and Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and confirmed in their report, the safety of the restoration work and then was bringing in an expert from the organization UNESCO to follow the restoration work has pyramid of Zoser He also stressed the safety measures recommended to complete the restoration project.  Said Eldamaty At a press conference held at Saqqara archeological - that recently echoed rumors about the collapse of the pyramid and had stopped doing the work two years ago because of the rumors, but it decided to hold this conference in the site triggered zone Saqqara were invited all media to inspect the pyramid from the inside of the show and ensure the safety of the pyramid from ...

Discover the unique statue of Amenhotep III in Luxor

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Discover the unique statue of Amenhotep III in Luxor  Egyptian archaeological mission has succeeded in discovering the upper part of a double statue of red granite of King Amenhotep III in Kom whales mainland western Luxor .. The statue captures the king sitting on the throne, next to the god Amun, the god of Thebes said .. D.zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said the statue is one of the finest statues property has been found in recent times, in terms of the accuracy of Amenhotep, and highlight the details of the face, pointing out the possible existence of a large cache of statues of Amenhotep III in the temple .. said archaeological Abdul Ghaffar Wagdi supervisor excavations that statue 031sm height and width 9 cm, pointing to the continuation of excavations to uncover the rest of the statue, which is expected to be up to 3 meters.

Hisham Zaazou, Minister of Tourism projects, a major tourist attraction in the northern coast soon

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Hisham Zaazou, Minister of Tourism met with a delegation of representatives of a number of major newspapers and magazines Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden Alnroyj- of Finland) and reviewed during the meeting, a range of important topics for Egyptian tourism and the development of tourism movement in Egypt recently.  The meeting began by stressing that the Egyptian tourism is going in the right direction toward restoring rates and statistics affirm that spoiled the significant increase witnessed in the movement coming from a number of Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia at a rate of 268% in July 2014 compared to June 2014, as increased tourist movement from Kuwait at a rate of 269% and the UAE 304% for the same period, adding to the numbers of tourists coming to Egypt in August, has never achieved in the past three years, moreover, the occupancy rates in the Red Sea has exceeded in some days 100% (where demand continued with lack of vacant places).  He expl...