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The warm
climate all year round and the wide variety of
entertainment options, the shopping opportunities at
Souk Makadi in addition to the traditional favorites
such as desert Safari or quad excursions explain the
destination’s rise in popularity alongside its
construction projects. From day to night, activities
are endless at Madinat Makadi, ranging from the
sea-based activities such as sailing, windsurfing,
parasailing or swimming, and there are a number of
well- stablished dive companies that can unveil the
wonders of the Red Sea for the diving enthusiasts.
Madinat Makadi caters to guests of all ages with
Souk Makadi (Makadi Center) at the heart of the
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meets all
shopping requirements, including gold jewelry and
pure perfume oils, high quality cotton clothing, and
the basic daily needs such as a pharmacy,
supermarket, a professional beauty center; and
recently Madinat Makadi announced the opening of the
HSBC branch. Moreover, there are various dining
venues. Madinat Makadi is nonetheless, well catered
for family tourism. For the active youngsters, the
huge playground at the souk will keep them
entertained. Now Madinat Makadi positions itself as
a quality destination, offering more than just beach
houses; it is one of the liveliest and full-fledged
village resorts, where everything needed is made
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his French
counterpart Jacques Chirac have inaugurated an
exhibition of “Sunken Treasures” recovered by French
underwater explorers and spanning 1,500 years of
Egyptian history throughout the exhibition tour
across Europe.
Mubarak, in company of the French
President Chirac, toured the display of 500 rare
pieces at the Grand Palais in Paris as part of a
five-day European tour. The artifacts, dating from
700 BC to 800 AD, were recovered by a team of
archaeologists led by the Frenchman Franck Goddio,
who have been working on the sea floor off Egypt's
coast for the past 10 years.
They include the
largest known statue of Hapy, the Egyptian god of
the Nile, a five-meter (11-foot) colossus dating
from 2,000 years ago, which forms the centerpiece of
the display along with statuettes of deities, coins
and everyday objects. A total of 8,000 artifacts
have been excavated from the Mediterranean depths,
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of Alexandria,
the nearby site of Canopus and the
lost city of Heraklion some seven kilometers
(four miles) offshore. The show, "Egypt's
Sunken Treasures", drew almost half a
million visitors when it was put on in
Berlin earlier this year. It will be open to
the public until March 16. |
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