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	<title>Egypt Then and Now</title>
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		<title>“Keep It Clean” Concert in Cairo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local performers will join today in a concert for the environment at the Sakkiet El Sawy Wisdom Hall at 8 pm.
The Keep It Clean Concert is being organized by Clean Up Giza and www.localsoundwave.com, with artists representing a range of musical genres: Shady Ahmed (acoustic pop/rock), Amina Diab and Farida El Guertly (acoustic), Déporté (pop), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/02/%e2%80%9ckeep-it-clean%e2%80%9d-concert-in-cairo-today/</link>
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		<title>Hotels in Alexandria and Hurghada to feature non-smoking areas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[British American Tobacco, Egypt (BAT), together with the Egyptian Hotel Association (EHA) in Alexandria and Hurghada, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with immediate effect, aimed at providing hotel guests in both cities with designated non-smoking and smoking areas.
The initiative has been developed under the framework of BAT&#8217;s global &#8220;Respecting Choices&#8221; program, which ensures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt restores world&#8217;s oldest Christian Monastery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Egypt&#8217;s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass on Thursday unveiled the completion of an 8-year, $14.5 million restoration of St. Anthony&#8217;s Monastery, situated in the rugged desert mountains near Egypt&#8217;s Red Sea coast.
In the government-sponsored project, workers renovated the fortress-like ancient wall surrounding the monastery, several outbuildings, and its two main churches — the 15th century Church [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/02/egypt-restores-worlds-oldest-christian-monastery/</link>
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		<title>Luxor Avenue of Sphinxes will open in March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An ancient passageway flanked by sphinxes and used for one the most important religious events in ancient Egypt will open to the public next March.
Known as the Avenue of the Sphinxes, the 2.7 kilometre (1.7 mile) road was originally built by 18th dynasty Amenhotep III (1387–1349 BC) to connect the temples of Karnak and Luxor. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/02/luxor-avenue-of-sphinxes-will-open-in-march/</link>
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		<title>“Mummies, Science and Egyptology II” at the University of Manchester</title>
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The University of Manchester is hosting “Mummies, Science and Egyptology II”, a day school on Saturday 6th February to discuss the scientific study of ancient Egyptian mummies, including Ramses the Great.
Professor Rosalie David, who will lecture at the day school, said: “Even in death Ramesses II remains a fascinating figure. In 1974, Egyptologists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt amends Antiquities law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The People&#8217;s Assembly amended Egypt&#8217;s antiquities law on Monday to bring in stiffer punishments for the theft and smuggling of relics while granting patent rights to the country&#8217;s antiquities council.
The sale of antiquities is still banned and Egyptians who have antiquities must report their possessions to the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Relics can in the future [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/02/egypt-amends-antiquities-law/</link>
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		<title>King Tut DNA tests results to be published this month</title>
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Dr. Zahi Hawass will soon announce the results of a DNA study conducted on the mummy of King Tutankhamen. The tests are part of a larger ambitious program aimed at confirming the identity of the royal mummies and their familiar relations.
It is believed that Tutankhamen is the son of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/02/king-tut-dna-tests-results-to-be-published-this-month/</link>
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		<title>The Facts behind the Hoax</title>
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Many of us are tired of mass media&#8217;s interest in using archaeological facts as a solid foundation on which to build hoaxes usually dealing with apocalyptical issues and hyping them to their prime time audiences.
Well, archaeologist Sarah Parcak is doing something about it. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor conducted a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/01/the-facts-behind-the-hoax/</link>
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		<title>Art forger finally gets his retrospective show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Victoria and Albert Museum presents a unique collection of over 100 forged paintings and sculptures seized by the capital’s Metropolitan Police.
Shown to the public for the first time, the collection includes fake antiquities, paintings attributed to English painter L.S. Lowry, Roman vessels and medieval jewelry from the workshop of Shaun Greenhalgh, called the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutegypt.org/2010/01/art-forger-finally-gets-his-retrospective-show/</link>
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		<title>Fascinating and affordable Egypt ranks #2 among top 10 travel destinations</title>
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According to a recent survey conducted by US-based travel company Gate 1 Travel (www.gate1travel.com), only Italy surpasses Egypt among the top 10 travel destinations worldwide.
Not only home to the only standing wonder of the ancient world, Egypt is geopolitically stable, sunny and surprisingly affordable, especially to European travelers.
moneycontrol.com

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