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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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