The Role of Celebrity Visits in Highlighting Ancient Egyptian Civilization in Modern Times

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Tourism Guidance Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Alexandria University

2 Faculty of Arts - Alexandria University

3 Tourism Guidance Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Matrouh University

4 Tourism Guidance Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotel - Matrouh University

Abstract

The idea of research addresses the observation of the most important international personalities who visited archaeological regions and museums as an archaeological study based on the classification of such personalities in various fields or who have a political, social, sporting, or artistic status and have been keen to visit the archaeological regions and museums in Egypt as an important tourist destination, which is abundant in the unique and diverse monuments of Egypt. The study is limited to the most important regions and archaeological museums considered to be the focus of global and regional personalities such as the Giza plateau, Saqqara, Karnak temples and western mainland in Luxor and Abu Simbel temples in Aswan. The city of Alexandria has also important landmarks such as Kom al-Shokafa, Pompey's Pillar, and other archaeological sites. The museums are best known as the Egyptian Museum of Liberation, the Greek Roman Museum of Alexandria and other museums and important areas of Egypt.

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