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Zahi Hawass sentenced to one year in jail
The report below does not mention a recent court decision concerning the Egyptian Museum’s new gift shop. There’s a link below for information on that case. Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Zahi Hawass has been sentenced to one year in jail on Sunday for refusing to fulfill a court ruling over a land dispute. The... »
Egypt’s antiquities – Now what?
As Egypt struggles to lay the foundations of a new government in the wake of its revolution, archaeologists around the world are closely watching the fate of the nation’s prized antiquities—as well as the fortunes of Zahi Hawass, long the face and voice of the country’s ancient monuments. Hawass, who under Hosni Mubarak was... »
Save the Obelisk in Central Park
Image via Wikipedia In a letter addressed to the president of the Central Park Conservancy and the Mayor of New York City, Dr. Zahi Hawass, director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, calls attention to the severe deterioration of the obelisk located in Central Park, commonly known as ‘Cleopatra’s Needle’. That title per se shows... »
Zahi Hawass: “My First Love…Ancient Egyptian Antiquities”
Image by vintagedept via Flickr When I speak of ancient Egypt, I am speaking about my first and greatest love, however this does not mean that I do not love anything else, as I appreciate the magnificence and beauty of Islamic art and the genius of the Muslim artists who were able... »
Egypt’s Hawass is no Mr. Nice Guy
Image via Wikipedia Around forty years ago, when King Tutankhamen’s first exhibition was held in the US, the artefacts were displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Despite the fact that the museum made millions of dollars from donations and from the catalogues and souvenirs that were sold, Egypt made no financial profits from it. This... »
King Tut DNA tests results to be published this month
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Zahi Hawass will soon announce the results of a DNA study conducted on the mummy of King Tutankhamen. The tests are part of a larger ambitious program aimed at confirming the identity of the royal mummies and their familiar relations. It is believed that Tutankhamen is the son of Akhenaten, the pharaoh... »
Dr Zahi Hawass discusses the mummy curse
When KV 62, the tomb of Tutankamun, was found, an English reporter translated a piece of text from the front of the Anubis shrine incorrectly. She claimed it said “I will kill anyone who enters this tomb.” But if this text represented an actual, effective curse, everyone who entered the tomb should have died... »
Zahi Hawass appointed deputy minister of culture
Dr. Zahi Hawass has been appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Culture. He will also stay on in his current post as secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), a post he was supposed to be pensioned off this coming May, as he will be 63-years-old. Hawass has published 15 books... »
Hawass’ lucky hat
My lucky hat has become my trademark, and a symbol of archaeology. Since I started wearing it, it has become more famous than Indiana Jones’. An article in the Washington Post even said that the real hat of archaeology is the Zahi Hawass hat. We are selling the reproduction hats now in the United States, and next... »
VIDEO: Closing in on KV64
The last royal tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings is KV62, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen found in 1922 by Howard Carter. Since then, only one more tomb (KV63) has been discovered, in 2005 by Dr. Otto Schaden. Believed at first to be a royal tomb, it is now regarded as a... »
