Hurghada first emerged as a settlement of significance in 1909, when British geologists discovered oil reserves nearby. For decades oil—as well as fishing—drove the small Egyptian town’s economy. Today, it is a major resort city, part of a transformation along the Red Sea coast. As recently as the 1980s, only 12,000 people lived in Hurghada....Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Visiting Hurghada? Is it your first time or you been here before? Hurghada has some of the best sun and sand in the world. But the city has plenty more to discover than just laying on the beach all day of course, there’s nothing wrong with that either. From day excursions, to scuba diving, to...Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During the ninth archaeological field season, which started in September, the joint Spanish-Egyptian mission at the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmose III, at Al-Deir Al-Bahari on Luxor’s west bank, stumbled upon the tomb of the servant of the king’s house, Amenrenef. Mahmoud Afifi, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Department at the Ministry...Read More