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Stanley Bridge and surrounding beaches are now some of the most prominent tourist attractions in Alexandria, probably, some of the best in the Mediterranean Basin; Le Figaro, said.
In a wide coverage of the prestigious achievement of the Stanely Bridge and overall facelifting operation of this part of Alexandria, Le Figaro highlighted the splendour and beauty added to the city as a result of such upgrading and beautification project in Alexandria.

The Japanese Visual Engineering Association granted the Tanaka Award for the best international project in which Japan participated during 2001 to Mubarak's Peace Bridge across the Suez Canal. This crowns the accomplishment of this mega project. The flyover bridge is 9.5 km long and 20 m wide with a navigational clearance of 70m, the highest in the world.
Engineer Ahmad Foad Abder Rahman chairman of the Bridges and Roads Authority travelled to Japan last March to represent Egypt in the competition and make a presentation of the project, in cooperation with the Japanese consortium involved in the construction of the bridge, before the award-granting committee.

The American University Press published a book entitled "Coptic Saints and the Holy Sites" by Dr. Otto Mina Rhodes, professor of the history of Copts in Egypt and the Middle East.The book discusses the Coptic Saints, starting with the Virgin Mary.
The book includes a mythological study of her names known for Copts, such as as-ayyeda Mariam (Lady Mary) or al-Mustafah (the selected).
The book draws an analogy between the latter name: al-Mustafah and the name al-Mustafa which is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad. The book proceeds until the birth of Christ.
The book also contains portraits of some saints such as Saint Simon at Saint Simon Church in al-Muqattam and Saint Bashnona al-Maqari at Saint Sergius Church. There are also paintings of the journey of the Holy Family to Egypt, a portrait of Virgin Mary and Christ at The Holy Virgin Church in ar-Roum Alley and another portrait of Virgin Mary from Wdi an-Natroun Monastery etc.
The book also traces some holy sites as: the grave of the Muqqadis (pilgrim) Minas at Maryout; Saint George Church at Mit Damses; Al Athra(The Virgin) Church at Daqadous; Saint Dimiana Monastery and Al Athra (The Virgin) Church at Sakha, pointing to the most significant saints. Also featured are the churches and monasteries built during the journey of the Holy Family to Egypt in ancient Egypt, an-Natroun Valley, Zweila Alley, az-Zaytoun and others along the itinerary.

The International Who's Who, Cambridge, U.K. has selected Egyptian consultant engineer Mahmoud Imera for inclusion in Who's Who, 2002 in recognition of his excellent research and problem solving methods in sophisticated technology. The centre publishes and distributes this series to universities, specialised research centres, private libraries and business circles around the world.

The Nutrition Technology Research Institute at the Agricultural Research Centre in Egypt managed to produce ice-cream made of soya bean milk. This would expand the base of soya bean milk users, especially children.

According to the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, contacts are underway to recover some rare pieces of antiquities currently on display at international museums. On top, there comes Neferetiti's bust, the original Rosetta Stone, in addition to a rare statute of ancient Egyptian engineer Ankh-Haf, reportedly a co-designer of Cheops pyramid. Besides, there are about 30 obelisks lying in different parts of the world.

An American archaeological expedition operating south of the Sphinx site discovered for the first time the older construction supervision building where building works for the pyramids of Chephren and Myncharinus of the Fourth Dynasty were overseen. In the building that dates about 4500 years back, the expedition found out some archaeological items used for counting numbers of builders involved and numbers of building tools they received.

The expedition also found remains of a colossal royal building lying south of the Sphinx, about 500m to the east of the tombs of the pyramid builders earlier discovered by an Egyptian expedition. This building consists of a barn where grains were stored to be sent to bakeries. One of the oldest bakeries was discovered; it was famous for producing shamsi (sun-baked) bread still widely produced up to the present time in Upper Egypt. The expedition also discovered tools and utensils used in grinding flour like tubs where dough was placed before baking in ovens.

Found also were 250 clay stamps bearing names of Kings Chephren and Myncharinus. Also unearthed were an industrial zone where copper tools and linen uniforms for pyramid builders were manufatured and a school for designing clay stamps. The expedition could also discover a residential area that accommodated some 2000 workers; a huge building which was apparently assigned to the foreman or the administrative supervisor of the royal area and a paved road at a length of 150m.

Dr.Hawwas asserted that such discovery underlines a new meticulous administrative system that governed the work of the pyramid builders who hit some 20,000 workers. Those were sent by their families in Upper and Lower Egypt to take part in building the pyramids as a national duty