Coptic tombstone unearthed at Sphinxes Avenue in Luxor

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/42/280244/Heritage/Coptic/Coptic-tombstone-unearthed-at-Sphinxes-Avenue-in-L.aspx

Egyptian archaeologists in Luxor have stumbled upon a decorative Coptic tombstone buried on the eastern side of the Sphinxes Avenue, under Al-Mathan Bridge.
The tombstone is carved of limestone and decorated with a cross and Coptic texts, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Ahram Online.

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Disabled Luxor????

Over the past weeks, Luxor started paving all the roads and routes to welcome and receive tourists, equipping the temples with all services and supporting visitors with special needs. 

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/9/27015/Luxor-atop-of-Egyptian-touristic-cities

I am crossing my fingers and toes but this sentence seems to indicate my campaign is having an effect. I had not heard a thing but I am hoping all the information I having been pouring into peoples ears, like the governor, might have been listened too. Can you let me know if you see results and send a picture?

Nile Magazine publishes Accessible Egypt

Two steps forward with this great article but one step back with no progress from Helm or the Ministry. So frustrating, hopefully this might make a difference.

Nile-Magazine-10-Oct-Nov-2017-Accessible-Egypt-R.pdf 

New Ticket Prices 1st November 2017

Ticket prices for Egyptians went up 1st October but ticket prices for foreigners go up 1st November thanks to Hussein Omar and Mohamed A Fahmy for confirming that. I have not got all the prices but this is my best guess. Especial thanks to Mohamed for going through them and correcting my errors where he could

I just phoned Ahmed Khalifa at the Luxor Pass office and he said there is no change to the Luxor Pass

Just received this flyer in Arabic via EEF http://www.egyptologyforum.org/MOA/Ticket_Price_Nov._2017.pdf

		Current	Nov-17	Student
	Site	Old	New
Abydos Road	Abydos	40	80
Abydos Road	Dendera Temple	40	80
Alexandra	Catacombs (Kom Al Shokafa)	40	60
Alexandra	Bibloteca Of Alexandria	70	120
Alexandra	Montazah Garden	7	15
Alexandra	Pompay's Pillar	30	60	30
Alexandra	Roman Museum	40	60	Closed
Alexandra	National Museum		80
Alexandra	Roman Theatre	50	80	40
Alexandra	Qaitbay Citadel Day	30	40	20
Alexandra	Qaitbay Citadel Night		50	25
Alexandra	Birds’ Villa At Kom El Dekka	20
Alexandra	Catacombs (Kom El Shokafa)	40	60
Alexandra	El Anfoushy Archaeological Site	25	40
Alexandra	El Shatby Site	24	40
Assuit	El Hamameya	30 - 15	40	20
Assuit	Meir Tomb	30	40	20
Aswan	High Dam	30	?	not confirmed yet as the high dam as it belongs to a different ministry
Aswan	Philae Temple	60	100
Aswan	Sound and Light Philae Temple	75	150
Aswan	Unfinished Obelisque	40	60
Aswan	Abu Simbel	115	160
Aswan	Special Sunrise Feb Oct		240
Aswan	Aswan Museum	40	80
Aswan	Botanical Garden of Kitchener	10		not confirmed yet as the high dam as it belongs to a different ministry
Aswan	Nubian Art Museum	?60	100	50
Aswan	Temple Of Kalabsha	?45	60
Aswan	Unfinished Obelisk	40	80
Aswan	El Sebouaa Area<	50	70
Aswan	Princes Tombs	40	60
Aswan	Anba Samaan Monastery	?30	40
Aswan Road	Edfu Temple	60	100
Aswan Road	El Kab Tombs	40	60
Aswan Road	Esna Temple	30	40
Aswan Road	Gebel Silsila Temple Of Hor-Moheb	30	40
Aswan Road	Kom Ombo Temple And Crocodiles Museum	40	80
Aswan Road	Moalla El Mamela Tomb At Esna	20	40
Aswan Road	Tod Temple El Towed Temple	30	40
Bubastis	Tel Basta Archaeological Site	30	60
Cairo	Coptic Museum	60	100	50
Cairo	Abu Seir Pyramids	60-30 st	80	40
Cairo	Citadel Mahka	30- 15 st	40	20
Cairo	Citadel Of Saladin In Cairo	60	100	50
Cairo	Dahshur Pyramid	40	80
Cairo	Gayer Anderson Museum	40-20 st	60	30
Cairo	Meidoum Pyramid	40- 20 st	60	30
Cairo	Tree Of The Virgin At Matareyah	20	40	20
Cairo	Coptic Museum	60	100
Cairo	El Harawy House	15	30
Cairo	Fostat City	10	20
Cairo	Islamic Art Museum	50	100
Cairo	Manial Palace Museum	100	100
Cairo	Nilometer At Rodah Island	15	20
Cairo Giza	Sound and Light at Pyramids	75	150	175 VIP
Cairo Giza	Giza Pyramids Archeological Site	80	120
Cairo Giza	Giza great pyramid+ pyramids archeological area+ solar boat		400	200
Cairo Giza	Great Pyramid	200	300	150
Cairo Giza	Mencaura Pyramid (rd Pyramid)	40	80
Cairo Giza	Second Pyramid	40	80
Cairo Giza	Solar Boat Museum	50	80
Cairo Museum	Egyptian Museum	75	120
Cairo Museum	Mummy Room	100	150
Cairo Sakkara	Memphis	40	80
Cairo Sakkara	Causeway Of Unas Pyramid	5
Cairo Sakkara	Horemheb, Maya, OK tombs	30	50	25
Cairo Sakkara	Imhotep Museum	30
Cairo Sakkara	Mereuka	50	80
Cairo Sakkara	New Tombs At Sakkara	40	80
Cairo Sakkara	Princes	40	80
Cairo Sakkara	Sakkara Archaeological Site	80	120
Cairo Sakkara	Serapium	100	160
Citadel cairo	Beir Yousef	?30	40
Dakhla Oasis	Deir El Hagar Temple	30	40
Dakhla Oasis	Doush Temple	30	40	20
Dakhla Oasis	Ein Aseil	?30	40
Dakhla Oasis	Ezbet Bashandy	?30	40
El Kharga	El Ghoueita	?30	40
Fayum	El Lahoun Pyramid	40	60
Fayum	Hawara Pyramid	40	60
Fayum	Karaneis Area	40	60
Fayum	Karoun Temple	40	60
Fayum	Kom Osheim Museum At Fayoum	20	40
Kharga Oasis	El Zayan Temple	?30	40
Luxor	Assasif Tomb	40	60
Luxor	Ay Tomb	30	40
Luxor	Benji, Khonsu, Userhet	30	40
Luxor	Carter House	50	80
Luxor	Colossus	free	free
Luxor	Deir El Bahary Temple	50	80
Luxor	Deir El Medina Tombs	40	80
Luxor	Isis Temple	40	80
Luxor	Karnak Temples	80	120
Luxor	Khokha El Khoukha Area	30	40
Luxor	Luxor Museum	100	160
Luxor	Luxor Temple	60	100
Luxor	Medinet Habu Temple	40	60
Luxor	Menna And Nakht	30	60
Luxor	Merenptah Temple	20	40
Luxor	Mut Temple	40	80
Luxor	Mummification Museum At Luxor	60	80
Luxor	Open Air Museum At Karnak	40	80
Luxor	Pabasa Babaza Tomb	30	40
Luxor	Pashedu	30	40
Luxor	Qurnet Marie	40	40
Luxor	Rameses Vi At Valley Of Kings	50	90
Luxor	Ramesseum Temple	40	60
Luxor	Ramouze Tomb	40	60
Luxor	Roy & Sheroy	20	40
Luxor	Sennefer & Rekhmire	30	40
Luxor	Seti I Temple Of Seti The First	30	60
Luxor	Seti Tomb	1000	1000
Luxor	Taftaf	4	4
Luxor	Tomb Of Nefertari	1000	1000
Luxor	Tutankhamun	100	200
Luxor	User Hat , Khonsu & Benya	40	80
Luxor	Valley Of The Kings	100	160
Luxor	Valley Of The Queens	50	80
Luxor	Elwet Abd El Gorna	?30	40
Minya	Akhenaton Tomb	30 - 15st	40 - 20 st
Minya	Beni Hassan Tombs	40	60
Minya	Beni Soueif Museum	20	40
Minya	Freizar Tomb	30	40	20
Minya	Tel El Amarna	40	60
Minya	Tona El Gebel & Ashmounin	30	60	30
Minya	Malawy Museum	20	40
Mo'az street	Ashraf Barespay School (Medressah)	10	20
Mo'az street	Bashtak Palace	10	20
Mo'az street	El Darb El Asfar	25	40
Mo'az street	El Ghoury Collection	15	30
Mo'az street	El Nasr & El Foutouh Gates	15	30
Mo'az street	El Seheimy House	35	50
Mo'az street	El Sennary House	30	40
Mo'az street	El Set Wasila	15	30
Mo'az street	House Of Gamal El Din El Zahaby	15	30
Mo'az street	Nafisa Al Bayda	10	20
Mo'az street	Wekalet Al Ghoury	15	30
Mo'az street	Wekalet Bazaraa	25	40
Mo'az street	Zeinab Khatoun House	15	30
Mo'az street	Zewiela Gate	15	30
New Valley	El Mozawaka	?30	40
Red Sea	El Kousair Fortress	15	30
Sohag	Merit Amoun Statue	30	40
Sohag	El Araba El Madfouna At Abydos	40	80
Western Oasis	Bahareia Oasis	60	100
Western Oasis	El Bagawat Area At Oasis	40	60
Western Oasis	Gebel El Mawta (Mountain Of Dead) At Siwa	?30	40
Western Oasis	Heibes Temple	40	80
Western Oasis	Temple Of Oracle Of Amun At Siwa	?30	40
	Egyptian Treasures Exhibition	20
	Graves Of The Royal Family Of Mohamed Ali	25	40
	Greco-Roman Museum	50	100	closed
	Ismaelia Museum	30	40
	Jewelry Museum	50	80
	Mariet Razna Museum At Zagazig Governorate	10
	Matareyah Obelisk	30	60
	Meir Metkal School (Medressah)	10
	Mohamed Bek Abu El Zahaby Collection
	Museum Of Meit Rehyna ( Memphis Museum )
	Mustafa Kamel Archaeological Site
	New Valley Museum(Al Wadi El Gedid	35	60
	Port Said Museum
	Rashid Archaeological Area	15	40
	Rashid National Museum	30	40
	Refaei Mosque	40	60
	Romel Cave Museum	10	40
	Royal Chariots Museum	30	60
	Saladin Fortress At Taba ( In Usd)  $ Usd	12$	12$
	San El Hagar Museum	20	40
	Sebil Ali Bek Al Kebeir In Tanta Free
	Sebil And Kottab Of Sultan Queitbay	30	40
	Sebil Island
	Sultan Hassan Mosque	40	60
	Taba Museum
	Tanta Museum