Bassir: Egypt's Antiquities to Attract African Nations Championship Visitors

By: Ali Abu Dashish and Ahmed Yasser

CAIRO, Jan. 12 (SEE)- Archaeologist Dr. Hussein Abd El- Bassir, director of the Antiquities Museum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina confirmed that Egypt's Antiquities will be a great attraction for the heroes and visitors of Egypt in the African Nations Championship.

This honor comes in view of the great attention by President ''Abdel Fattah El- Sisi'' to Africa, as well as the winning of Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, the best player in Africa for the second consecutive, which is a new Egyptian victory added to Egypt's achievements in the current period .

Bassir announced that the course of the archaeological visit will include the pyramids area in Giza, the statue of Sphinx, Saqqara and Dahshour Antiquities, Egyptian Museum of Liberation, Coptic Museum, Museum of Islamic Art and Museum of civilization as well as the religions complex in ancient Egypt of Amr ibn El-Aas mosque, Hanging Church, and Temple of Ben Ezraa Jewish.

The visit will be completed by visiting Luxor, Aswan, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the ruins of Alexandria and Tel Amarna in addition to all the traces of Minya and Sohag.

The monuments of the Monastery of St. Catherine, the Mary tree, the monasteries and churches on the path of the Holy Family journey are one of the most important visits of the heroes and guests of Egypt during the African Nations Championship.