Egypt
- Recent News Re Hawass Situation
Al Ahram Weekly The article lists the allegations. A judicial figure at the Public Funds Prosecution Office has denied reports circulated in different media outlets that former first lady Suzanne Mubarak was questioned in relation to charges filed against...
- Zahi Hawass In Post-revolution Egypt
New York Times (Kate Taylor) Until recently Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s antiquities minister, was a global symbol of Egyptian national pride. A famous archaeologist in an Indiana Jones hat, he was virtually unassailable in the old Egypt, protected by his success...
- Egypt’s Man From The Past Who Insists He Has A Future
Past Horizons (Jack Shenker) No one interviews Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s self-styled Indiana Jones of the east – he interviews himself, fist pounding on desk and spittle flying forth into the ether. “Do I look like a minister to you? Of course not!”...
- Egypt’s Chief Archaeologist Defends His Rights (and Wrongs)
Biblical Archaeological Review (Hershel Shanks) On Sunday, January 16, I interviewed Zahi Hawass in his office in Zamalek, the elegant Cairene island in the Nile and home of the Gezira Sports Club, from which Hawass commanded an army of 32,000 employees...
- Zahi Hawass: A Hat Is A Hat
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/757/profile.htm "Whatever is said about the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) -- and a great deal is -- one thing is certain, he is never going to be accused of being a wallflower. Since being...
Egypt
Cairo: Egyptology in crisis
Current World Archaeology (Tom St John Gray)
March 29, 2012. Issue 49.
A lengthy extract from a longer artcile. This chunk of the article mainly deals with the career of Zahi Hawass.
March 29, 2012. Issue 49.
A lengthy extract from a longer artcile. This chunk of the article mainly deals with the career of Zahi Hawass.
After the dramatic departure of President Hosni Mubarak, attention swiftly turned to one of his high-profile ministers, the world- famous archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass. No stranger to the glare of the media spotlight, Hawass quickly became tainted along with the crumbling regime and was engulfed by damaging charges of corruption and mismanagement. On Sunday 17 July, Hawass was abruptly sacked as the Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs in an overhaul of the country’s cabinet, and his controversial reign as one of the most powerful men in the archaeological world finally came to an end.
- Recent News Re Hawass Situation
Al Ahram Weekly The article lists the allegations. A judicial figure at the Public Funds Prosecution Office has denied reports circulated in different media outlets that former first lady Suzanne Mubarak was questioned in relation to charges filed against...
- Zahi Hawass In Post-revolution Egypt
New York Times (Kate Taylor) Until recently Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s antiquities minister, was a global symbol of Egyptian national pride. A famous archaeologist in an Indiana Jones hat, he was virtually unassailable in the old Egypt, protected by his success...
- Egypt’s Man From The Past Who Insists He Has A Future
Past Horizons (Jack Shenker) No one interviews Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s self-styled Indiana Jones of the east – he interviews himself, fist pounding on desk and spittle flying forth into the ether. “Do I look like a minister to you? Of course not!”...
- Egypt’s Chief Archaeologist Defends His Rights (and Wrongs)
Biblical Archaeological Review (Hershel Shanks) On Sunday, January 16, I interviewed Zahi Hawass in his office in Zamalek, the elegant Cairene island in the Nile and home of the Gezira Sports Club, from which Hawass commanded an army of 32,000 employees...
- Zahi Hawass: A Hat Is A Hat
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/757/profile.htm "Whatever is said about the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) -- and a great deal is -- one thing is certain, he is never going to be accused of being a wallflower. Since being...