Egypt said on Sunday it will restrict the number of visitors to the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings to 400 a day from next month.
The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenuda III, left hospital on Sunday, five days after the 84-year-old was admitted amid fears of his worsening health.
The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenuda III, is to remain in hospital, the church said on Sunday, raising fears about the 84 year old's worsening health.
The upcoming Middle East summit in the United States now has the support of both Saudi Arabia and Egypt, an Egyptian official has said.
CAIRO - Despite a highly marketed effort at modernisation, Egypt’s ruling party is still centred on one man and draws much of its loyalty from its function as a patronage machine, analysts say.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia backed an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference Saturday as a way to set the stage for a final agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, an Egyptian official said.
EGYPT said today it will restrict the number of visitors to the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings to 400 a day from next month.
The face of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is displayed inside a climate-controlled cabinet in the Valley of the Kings. Egypt says it will restrict the number of visitors to the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from next month.
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has confirmed that Pope Shenuda III, seen here in September 2007, has left hospital in Cairo -- five days after the 84-year-old was admitted amid fears of his worsening health.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will limit the number of visitors to the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from Dec. 1 and close it from May 2008 for restoration work on the wall paintings, the government said on Sunday.