Egypt targets 20 million tourists by 2020: Tourism Minister - Daily News Egypt

Egypt targets 20 million tourists by 2020: Tourism Minister - Daily News Egypt: Regarding the expected launching of electronic visas, Rami stated that the Egyptian Authorities have decided to continue granting individual visas upon arrival until the beginning of work with electronic visas in the upcoming months.

Start of the Season 2015 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog

Start of the Season 2015 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog: Our epigrapher Ken Griffin is back to sorting boxes and boxes of inscription fragments.

Start of the Season Part 2 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog

Start of the Season Part 2 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog: South Asasif Conservation Project continues documenting the first days of the new season and celebrating the reunion with our great mission members and beloved activities at the site.

Curator’s Diary 20/05/15: Discussing & Displaying Tutankhamun | Egypt at the Manchester Museum

Curator’s Diary 20/05/15: Discussing & Displaying Tutankhamun | Egypt at the Manchester Museum: Last week I attended a conference on the complexities of moving and displaying objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun. These world-renowned artefacts, from perhaps the greatest archaeological find in history, have already begun to be moved from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to a new home in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza,

Flats in Luxor (Egypt) - Apartment Reviews - N0 1 on TripAdvisor

Flats in Luxor (Egypt) - Apartment Reviews - TripAdvisor 



We have now been number one on Trip Advisor for over year thanks to all our wonderful guests, keep those reviews coming

Gebel el Silsila Survey Project: Amazing discovery!

Congratulations to Maria, John and especially Freya 



Gebel el Silsila Survey Project: Amazing discovery!: Gebel el Silsila is back in the news after the amazing discovery of the "lost" temple of Kheny! Now you can probably understand what kept us busy during the spring season, and why we were not able to share more regular and detailed updates with you at the time.

Free and paid courses from Manchester Uni

Fantastic news for all you Egyptology addicts, especially the poor ones!

From Mummies to Microchips

Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th July, 2015

To mark the 10th anniversary of the online Certificate in Egyptology, we are organising a two-day event at The University of Manchester. Our speakers have all been associated with Egyptology Online, either as lecturers or examiners (or, in some cases, both); they have been invited to speak on subjects that interest them. They include Professor Rosalie David, Dr Steven Snape, Dr Roland Enmarch and Dr Ashley Cooke. The two-day event will end with a buffet reception, which should be great fun.

The event is open to anyone with an interest in Egyptology – you don’t have to have been on one of our courses. For details of fees and speakers, and to book this event, please click here:

http://www.egyptologyonline.ls.manchester.ac.uk/events/

Blue: a free symposium exploring aspects of life in ancient Egypt

As I know that many of you are unable to visit Manchester, I have organised a free Symposium as the on-line equivalent of our regular February study day. I am very grateful to the Egyptologists who made this possible. Please click on the link, register, and enjoy “Blue”.  This symposium will be permanently on-line. I hope to add more speakers soon and, fingers crossed, may be able to add a new colour for discussion next year:

https://www.udemy.com/bluesymposium/?dtcode=96XTptS2yhyE

A History of Egypt in Six Objects

Egyptology Online will be delivering a free course (MOOC) later this year, based on the collections of the Manchester Museum: click here for more details and to register your interest:

https://www.coursera.org/course/ancientegypt

Certificate Course in Egyptology

We are now recruiting students for our Certificate and Diploma in Egyptology courses. Please, if you know anyone who would be interested in applying, pass the details on to them:

http://www.egyptologyonline.ls.manchester.ac.uk/certificateinegyptology/

Digital Atlas of Egyptian Archaeology | LEADR

Digital Atlas of Egyptian Archaeology | LEADR: The Digital Atlas of Ancient Egypt is a digital cultural map of archaeological sites in Egypt (ranging from the Predynastic to the Roman period). Collaboratively produced at Michigan State University during the Fall 2014 semester by the students registered in the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt class (ANP 455), the Digital Atlas of Ancient Egypt represents an experiment in applied digital archaeology undergraduate learning.

Luxor camel race starts, 6 Arab countries participate | Egypt Independent

Luxor camel race starts, 6 Arab countries participate | Egypt Independent: The Luxor camel race has begun and includes the participation of 80 riders from six Arab countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain and the UAE.

Luxor to increase weekly chartered flights from 4 to 9 | Egypt Independent

Great for Germans but we need more from the UK!



Luxor to increase weekly chartered flights from 4 to 9 | Egypt Independent

Manchester to Luxor Flights from Thomson

Check the Thomson website for details but they do exist

EGYPTAIR - Manchester to Cairo GBP 299 and 3 weekly flights

EGYPTAIR - Homepage

Tourism Ministry delays offering investors 95,000 metres in Luxor until 2016: Official - Daily News Egypt

I hope they bring back EasyJet!   



Tourism Ministry delays offering investors 95,000 metres in Luxor until 2016: Official - Daily News Egypt: Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Companies in the South Valley, Mohamed Othman, said that they will work to unite efforts between the governorate and the tourism sector in Luxor to speed up the return of foreign flows to the region soon.

Al-Agamy demanded intensifying incentives for charter flights next winter in order to increase the flights movement in the region.

Tourism Minister Khaled Rami said that the ministry is reconsidering the charter flights incentives programme.

Spain, Egypt to study Cairo-Luxor bullet train link - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Ola! Well it might take a few years but what a great initiative. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

Spain, Egypt to study Cairo-Luxor bullet train link - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online: Spain and Egypt have agreed to study the feasibility of a bullet-train link between the Egyptian capital of Cairo and the ancient southern city of Luxor.

The agreement was signed Thursday by the countries' economy ministers during a one-day visit to Spain by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Spain's Economy Ministry said.