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Egypt’s road, bridge and tunnel projects are seeing progress
World Highways   06 May 2020   Egypt  
image © courtesy of Mike Woof
<p>A programme of bridge building in Egypt&rsquo;s capital Cairo will improve transport and help cut the chronic congestion in the city. In all, 40 bridges are being built in Cairo, with the project being funded by the Egyptian Government.<br />The programme ...
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Egypt opens world's widest suspension bridge
Africa News   16 May 2019   Egypt  
<p>Egypt on Wednesday opened the world&rsquo;s widest suspension bridge, across the Nile, in what is one of a series of military-led, mega-projects designed to improve infrastructure and provide jobs.<br />The bridge, which crosses the Nile just north of central ...
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Egypt to construct new railway station to relieve pressure on Ramses station
Egypt Independent   27 March 2019   Egypt  
<p>Egypt&rsquo;s Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir announced Tuesday that preparations are underway to begin construction of a new railway station in the area of Bashteel in Giza over an area of 32 acres, in order to relieve pressure from the Ramses station. ...
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100 Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions Found at Amethyst Mining Site
Live Science   26 March 2019   Egypt  
Credit: Photo courtesy Wadi el-Hudi Expedition
<p>Archaeologists have uncovered more than 100 ancient inscriptions carved into rock at Wadi el-Hudi, where the ancient Egyptians mined amethyst.<br />In addition to the carved-rock inscription, the researchers also found 14 stele (inscriptions carved on a ...
Final breakthrough in gigantic road tunnels at the Suez Canal
highways.today   05 January 2018   Egypt  
On December 14, 2017, the Herrenknecht Mixshield S-959 celebrated its final breakthrough. It drove one of the tunnel tubes at Port Said with top performances of up to 128 meters per week.
<p>On the Christmas weekend, Egyptian President H.E. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rang in a new era for the Sinai Peninsula: on Saturday, December 23, 2017, S-960 (&Oslash; 13,020 mm), the third of four Herrenknecht Mixshields, completed tunnelling for the first of ...
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Ancient city is unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt
BBC NEWS   24 November 2016   Egypt   Middle East and North Africa  
A sarcophagus containing a millennia-old mummy which was found by Spanish archaeologists near the southern Egyptian town of Luxor (13 November 2016)Image copyright (AFP Image)
<p>Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed what they describe as a city that dates back more than 7,000 years, containing houses, tools, pottery and huge graves.</p> <p>It lies by the river Nile, close to the Temple of Seti the First in Abydos.</p> <p>Experts ...
China firm in $20bn deal for Egypt’s new capital
Egypt’s new capital is set to be built to the east of Cairo (Shutterstock)
<p>A Chinese firm has reportedly signed a deal to develop and manage a vast area of Egypt’s planned new administrative capital city, which is set to be built to the east of Cairo.</p><p>China Fortune Land Development has signed a deal involving 14,000 acres ...
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