Zahi Hawass
Zahi Hawass
Zahi Hawassis an Egyptian archaeologist, an Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 May 1947
CountryEgypt
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We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
reveal
I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
cannot covered hundred mummy shining
Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold.
The sphinx will always have to be looked after.
features five granite needs parts statues weighs
Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons.
announce belong pyramids sphinx
When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world.
behind few hope months work
I hope that we will do this work and in a few months from now we will really know what's behind them,
court possibly protect taken temple
They were taken from the court of the temple and put underground, possibly to protect them from destruction.
believe inside kings maybe people queens
We don't really know what kind of people are inside but I do believe they look royal. Maybe they are kings or queens or nobles.
allowed cannot nobody pyramid
This cannot take place. The pyramid cannot be draped by any person in this world. Nobody is allowed to do this.
evil followers god
This is the jealousy, ... of the followers of the evil god Seth.
among egypt fair five held item presented states united
This item is among five archaeological collections to be presented by Egypt in the fair held in the United States for one year.
buried rapidly reason small unknown
For an unknown reason they were buried rapidly in the small tomb.
ancient began believe egyptians hide inside kingdom kings maybe means people queens since
This is a cachet (of mummies), which means that the ancient Egyptians since the end of the New Kingdom began to take the mummies out of the tombs and hide them. We don't really know what kind of people are inside but I do believe they look royal. Maybe they are kings or queens or nobles.