Archive for September, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The Egyptian Museum – one of Barcelona’s most popular attractions – is hosting special events on Friday and Saturday evenings until October 31st. Between 9pm and 11pm, history enthusiasts can watch the museum come to life as part of a dramatized exhibition. According to Barcelona Tourism, it is an original initiative that enables visitors... »

Vodafone Egypt expects to add 100,000 mobile broadband customers in 2009, taking its total broadband client base to 160,000. Officials said the firm had 60,000 mobile broadband users at the end of 2008. Analysts number broadband users at around 1 million, suggesting Vodafone Egypt had 10 percent or more of the market. The broadband number... »

It is difficult indeed to express the shock of losing a friend so early in life. I remember Félix Cordero like everyone else does, as an excellent photographer. But as a friend, I cherish his generosity. Felix was the photographer at my wedding and my art exhibitions. He never wanted to charge me for these... »

Approximately 75 percent of newly formed households cannot afford to acquire a formal sector house without a subsidy and have to rent or own in the informal sector. Current supply side subsidies targeted to this income group and channeled through developers are not always efficient, transparent, or equitable. The Affordable Mortgage Finance Program will gradually... »

The Giza Archives Project at the MFA, directed by Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian, strives to collect, digitize, and make accessible to the world community all the archaeological information about Giza. The Project is based in Boston because the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, directed by George A. Reisner (1867–1942), ran the longest... »

“The Art of Death in Ancient Egypt” will feature more than 50 funerary items, including a mummy named Inty-taway and a spectacular hand-painted human-shaped sarcophagus (coffin), most of which have never been displayed before. All of the artifacts are on loan from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at U.C. Berkeley and were... »

Image via Wikipedia The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has been observing 27th September every year as World Tourism Day since 1980. The reason for choosing this day was that on 27th September 1970 the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of... »

At its best modern computer technology and the World Wide Web has made travel arrangements accessible to all and we can obtain instant confirmations on a myriad of travel and travel related arrangements. However, the tool of our convenience and global connectivity is also highly vulnerable to disruption, corruption, financial and data theft. Cyber-crime and... »

Dra Abu el-Naga is the modern name of a village and an archaeological site located 700 km south of Cairo, on the western bank of the Nile, opposite the modern city of Luxor in Upper Egypt. In ancient times, the area served as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes (Waset). The... »

Image via Wikipedia A guest at Jane Akshar’s Flats at Luxor was told by the inspectorate that cameras are banned from the Valley of the Kings. I had previously read about the banning of video cameras but it seems that all kinds of photography devices are now required to be left at the gate. Kate Phizackerley,... »