Paris Ramses exhibition could bring more French tourists

Renewed interest in Ramses II could boost tourism: The five-month exhibitionRamses and Gold of the Pharaohs taking place in Paris could increase the number of French tourists coming into the country by up to 20%, Arab News quotes the Tourism Ministry as saying. The exhibition features some 181 Ancient Egyptian artifacts, including the sarcophagus of Ramses II.

Just don’t step on his head: Former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass has called on French authorities to remove a statue showing archeologist Jean Francois Champollion stepping on Ramses’ head from a Parisian courtyard. Hawass made the comments during a lecture at the Paris exhibition, Arab News reports.

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