Tag: Egypt
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Searching for Life Quality? Cairo, Alexandria Just Made It to Africa’s Top 10 Cities
Surveying 100 capitals and major urban centres in Africa, the research body Communaute d’Etudes pour l’Amenagement du Territoire at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) looked at seven categories: society, housing, spatial development, infrastructure, environment, governance and economy. “I wish this was true, but it’s difficult to understand how Cairo that has been, for example,…
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Egyptian researchers turn shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic
Six months into their two-year project, the research team has managed to create a thin, clear prototype using chitosan, a material found in the shells of many crustaceans. “If commercialised, this could really help us decrease our waste… and it could help us improve our food exports because the plastic has antimicrobial and antibacterial properties,”…
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Egypt’s underwater antiquities travel the world
Summary⎙ Print Egyptian antiquities discovered in the now sunken city of Heracleion and nearby towns are being displayed in exhibits worldwide in a bid to revive Egypt’s declining tourism sector. Author George MikhailPosted March 3, 2017 The exhibition in Zurich displays 293 artifacts that tell the myths of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld, and Egypt’s sunken antiquities that…
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Egypt to increase visa fees for incoming tourists by 140%
They also added that banks and travel and tour agencies have received notifications from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the new price, which will be taking effect in July after Prime Minister postponed the implementation that was originally scheduled for Wednesday. The rise in prices is a result of the country’s vital tourism industry…