Tourism in Egypt

A tourist ship sank off the coast of Marsa Alam in the Red Sea, leaving 17 people missing, according to Egyptian media reports on Monday. The vessel, named Sea Story, had 45 people on board, including 31 tourists of various nationalities and 14 crew members. Rescuers have so far saved 28 individuals, while search efforts for the missing are ongoing, local authorities confirmed.

A significant discovery was made by archaeologists from Italy and Egypt, who found 33 family tombs containing mummies in the area of the Aga Khan Mausoleum, west of Aswan.

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Egyptian authorities said on Jan. 10 they had detained three people for trying to steal a millennia-old 10-ton statue of the pharaoh Ramses II with a crane.

It is located near Luxor

According to Belizal the original Atlantis ring was found in 1860 in the Valley of the Kings during an excavation and it was initially known as the Ring of Luxor

King Khufu's Boat, an ancient vessel that is the oldest and largest wooden boat discovered in Egypt, has been painstakingly moved from its longstanding home next to the Giza pyramids to a nearby giant museum, officials said on Aug. 7.

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For the first time, charter flights to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, will take off from the Sibiu International Airport this April, according to a press statement released by the airport on Thursday. The flights that will be operated in partnership with the Cocktail Holidays tour operator and EgyptAir will depart every Saturday, between April 3 - May 8, 2021.

Vucic will also meet with members of the Crisis Staff to eliminate the emerging and prevent the possible harmful effects of infectious disease COVID-19 on the economy field.
Photos of the meeting have been posted on the Instagram profile of the President of Serbia buducnostsrbijeav.

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Egypt revealed Oct. 19 a rare trove of 30 ancient wooden coffins that have been well-preserved over millennia in the archaeologically rich Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

The Egyptian Ministry of Cultural Affairs has announced that archaeologists have encountered at least 20 ancient wooden coffins in Assasif district on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Egypt, the Associated Press reported.
The coffins were discovered in the Assasif necropolis. It includes graves from the Middle, New Kingdom of Egypt and from 1994 to 332 BC.