Fred Fugen has flown closer to the pyramids of Giza than any wingsuit pilot before, taking advantage of advances in techniques and equipment to produce a stunning new aerial clip. Fugen, 42, is well known for his innovative projects, where we've seen him enter a plane in mid-air, pull off jaw-dropping manoeuvres high above Mont Blanc and make a nail-biting proximity flight through Lebanon. Fred Fugen seen in Giza, Egypt on November 4, 2021. Photo: Vincent Cotte / Red Bull Content Pool Now the French BASE jumper and wingsuit expert has come up with another in his long list of creative and imaginative challenges. In his new video we see him soar through the Egyptian sky alongside Vincent Cotte, a former member of the French national paragliding team, flying within metres of the pyr...
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A restored road connecting two ancient Egyptian temple complexes in Karnak and Luxor was unveiled on Thursday in a lavish ceremony aimed at raising the profile of one of Egypt's top tourist spots. The procession to reopen the 2.7 km (1.7 mile) road included a reenactment of the ancient Opet festival, where statues of Theban deities were paraded annually during the New Kingdom era in celebration of fertility and the flooding of the Nile. Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony for the restored Avenue of the Sphinxes or Road of the Rams, a 3,000-year-old avenue that connects Luxor Temple with Karnak Temple, in Luxor, Egypt, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi marched along the road at the start of the ceremony. Pharaonic chariots and...
Read MoreEgypt is pushing ahead with a new project to restore historic Cairo, a sprawling but now rapidly crumbling thousand-year-old world heritage site home to many a tale in the Thousand and One Arabian Nights. The plan aims to revitalise and promote Cairo as a tourist attraction while the government prepares to move to a futuristic new capital in the desert. It gives fresh impetus to efforts by professional architects and restorers to also save old buildings which they feared were being lost because of bureaucracy, official corruption and legal constraints. People walk next to Bab al-Futuh, a nearly 1,000-year-old gate, at the northern entrance to the historic city of Cairo that will carry restorations, in Cairo Egypt September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Low-rise apartmen...
Read MoreEgypt on Tuesday reopened to tourists the 4,700-year-old southern tomb of King Djoser at the pyramid of Saqqara after a 15-year renovation. The tomb, south of Cairo, lies near the Third Dynasty pharoah's famous Step Pyramid, Egypt's earliest large-scale stone structure, which itself was closed for restoration until March 2020. FILE PHOTO: A view shows the site of a recent discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, Egypt January 17, 2021. REUTERS/Hanaa Habib The southern tomb, built between 2667 BC and 2648 BC, is thought to have been built for symbolic reasons, or perhaps to hold Djoser's internal organs, said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Egypt is keen to reinvigorate tourism following the coronavirus pandemic and has un...
Read MoreKing Khufu's Boat, an ancient vessel that is the oldest and largest wooden boat discovered in Egypt, has been painstakingly moved from its longstanding home next to the Giza pyramids to a nearby giant museum, officials said on Saturday. The 4,600-year-old vessel, also known as the Solar Boat, was moved to the nearby Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), due to be inaugurated later this year. FILE PHOTO: King Khufu's solar boat is displayed at a museum on the northern side of Khufu's Great Pyramid, in Giza, Egypt. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany "The aim of the transportation project is to protect and preserve the biggest and oldest organic artifact made of wood in the history of humanity for the future generations," the tourism and antiquities ministry said in a statement. It took 48 hour...
Read MoreDivers have discovered rare remains of a military vessel in the ancient sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion - once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean - and a funerary complex illustrating the presence of Greek merchants, the country said on Monday. The city, which controlled the entrance to Egypt at the mouth of a western branch of the Nile, dominated the area for centuries before the foundation of Alexandria nearby by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. Remains of an ancient military vessel discovered in the Mediterranean sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, are seen in this handout image released on July 19, 2021. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS Destroyed and sunk along with a wide area of the Nile delta by several earthqu...
Read MoreTourists visiting Egypt's famed pyramids may rarely stray from the beaten track, but a project focused on rural villages adjoining the ancient sites now encourages them to do so. The scheme takes visitors to a verdant strip of farmland thick with palm trees that runs south of the Giza pyramids, between the lesser known pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshur and the western bank of the Nile. A man walks in the the sitting room where the food requested by the tourists is served, the meal is prepared by Saqqara residents to improve their living conditions in their village, in Giza, Egypt, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien There they can get a glimpse of local communities as part of Visit Badrashin!, a sustainable tourism project funded by the European Union. "When a tourist visits,...
Read MoreEgyptian archaeologists working on the Nile Delta have uncovered dozens of rare predynastic tombs dating to the period before Egypt’s Pharaonic kingdoms first emerged more than 5,000 years ago. They also found tombs nearby from the later Hyksos period (1650 to 1500 B.C.), when Western Asian migrants took over the country, putting an end to Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. A human skeleton from a tomb is pictured at the Nile Delta, in this image released on April 27, 2021 by an archaeological mission operating in the archaeological area of Dakahlia Governorate via Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, in Mansoura, Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS The findings in the Dakahlia province north of Cairo could shed light on two important transitional periods in ancient ...
Read MoreIt was an event which momentarily shifted all attention from catastrophic times we are living in for last more than a year. It was also perhaps the most spectacular public event around the world in past 15 months. It was an event which tourism industry across the globe had set its eyes upon to get some rejuvenation. It was a magnificent showcase of our shared heritage and culture. It would have been certainly unfortunate for all those who missed The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade in Cairo last evening. Vehicles are seen during a parade at a ceremony of a transfer of Royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, in Cairo, Egypt April 3, 2021. The grand Golden Parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules a...
Read MoreRoyal mummies will move to new museum in majestic Cairo parade A grand parade will convey 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in specially designed capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour. The convoy will transport 18 kings and four queens, mostly from the New Kingdom, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, about 5km (3 miles) to the south-east. FILE PHOTO: A pharaonic ram is seen after the renovation of Tahrir Square for transfering 22 mummies from the Egyptian Museum, in Tahrir, to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, in Fustat in Cairo, Egypt, April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany Authorities are shutting down...
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