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What should I remember before trip to Egypt?

You’ve decided to spend your vacation visiting Egypt. Once it’s booked, you need to start planning. What do you need before you go and what should you take with you or leave behind? We share with you the top 10 tips for visiting Egypt.

Who are the Egyptian people?

No one leave Egypt without making lots of Egyptian friends. Egyptian people are friendly and caring, they will go out of their way to make sure that you have a good time. Read more to understand why they are like this and delve deeper into the positive traits of the Egyptian people!

Things that you don’t know about modern Egypt!

Everyone has heard the history of Egypt and it’s this that gets the most interest from tourists. However, Egypt has a lot more going for it that the magnificent sights from long ago.

The ‘Lost Golden City’ has now been found!

The mission lead by Dr. Zahi Hawass, one of the most prominent Egyptologists in the world, found a city under the sands called the Lost City with approx. 3 thousand years created during the reign of the pharaoh Amenhotep III in the vicinity of Luxor.

The all new capital city of Egypt

Cairo is only expected to remain the capital of Egypt until the end of 2021. The country's president, Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, decided to build a new capital from scratch, six years ago. This was created from a complete wasteland and the first phase of this project is almost complete.

The Mummies with the golden Tongue

Archaeologists have unearthed 2,000-year-old mummies with golden tongues placed inside their mouths in northern Egypt.

Can you make a Pharaoh disappear?

Forged documents and distorted facts have long manipulated, how we view the course of history. Scientists continue to unmask new examples of historical fiction. 

New discoveries in Saqqarra

After a period of waiting, Dr. Zahi Hawass and his Egyptian archaeological mission announced to the world their latest discoveries that could rewrite the history of the necropolis of Saqqara,

Egypt has reopened the tomb of Ramses I 

Breaking News! The tomb of Pharaoh Ramses I in Valley of the Kings in Luxor was reopened on Saturday, 2nd January 2021. 

A summary of the last year

MOSTAFA LOTFY - the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, gives us a summary of the last year, which has been difficult for many and he looks forward to the coming year.

An Egyptian Winter, not as you would think!

Everyone associates Egypt with the year round sunshine. The warm sunshine, spectacular pyramids, vast desert, tall palm trees, and colorful coral reefs are probably the first things that you think of when thinking about this country. However, not everyone has the opportunity to visit Egypt during winter. For those who live in Egypt for longer, winter is expected, however, for tourists, they are surprised in many ways by the change in season.

It’s all in the handwork

UNESCO included the Egyptian manual textile industry of the Upper Egypt region in the list of intangible cultural heritage sites in need of urgent preservation.