Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Ancient Wonder of the World the Colossus of Rhodes could be Rebuilt
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek titan god of the sun Helios, raised at the mouth of the island’s harbour in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same, name 300 years before the birth of Christ. The Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30-metres-high (98 feet), making it…
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INTERVIEW: First Egyptian candidate ever as astronaut for a NASA-sponsored space mission
PoSSUM is sponsored by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and aims to study the mesosphere layer, take samples and undergo climate research at an altitude of about 100km from the Earth’s surface. Abdullatif, who old was the only Arab among 12 candidates to be chosen for the for PoSSUM programme, told Ahram Online…
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Egypt’s 8th Panorama of the European Film
This year there is a diverse selection of films that includes 37 feature films, 12 documentaries and 16 shorts. Among them are 7 Greek films using different tons to portray the crisis that Greece is going through. Check the Panorama sections and a detailed programme of screenings across four Egyptian cities, Cairo, Alexandria, Tanta and Menya:…
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Heads of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece to meet in December presidential summit
This is the third meeting between the three countries this year, with the two prior meetings taking place in Egypt and Cyprus and involving discussions on ways to combat terrorism, economic projects as well as the global refugee crisis. Earlier this month, Egypt’s Defence Minister Sedky Sobhi visited Cyprus in an invitation by his Cypriot…