Egypt
This article deals with the King Tut exhibition coming to San Francisco and the quote from Dr. Zahi Hawass who claims Egypt received nothing for its 1976 show. The article claims Egypt actually received millions.
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/hoving/hoving10-16-08.asp
- Revenue From Tutankhamun In The 1970s
ArtNet (Thomas Hoving) Thomas Hoving is author of Master Pieces: The Curator’s Game (2005) and is former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The same stories circulate each time the Golden Age exhibition moves to a new venue, but I thought it...
- Tut's Tissue Box
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews07-20-05.asp The first item on this news round-up on the Artnet page above looks at some of the costs for visitors to the Tutankhamun exhibition. As well as the usual comments about standard and...
- Nasty Image Of Zahi Hawass
This article is very nasty and makes many serious claims of Dr. Zahi Hawass including that Dr. Hawass takes bribes and worse? I do not know what to make of the article and am not thrilled about the source but here it is anyway....
- Stolen Coffin
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- Colorful Words Covering As Truth
The ever ambitious Dr. Zahi Hawass is a colorful man who's enthusiasm for his job as the Secretary general for Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities gives the good doctor full liberties as to Egypt's monuments and how they are to be interpreted...
Egypt
Dr. Hawass Will Say Anything
This article deals with the King Tut exhibition coming to San Francisco and the quote from Dr. Zahi Hawass who claims Egypt received nothing for its 1976 show. The article claims Egypt actually received millions.
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/hoving/hoving10-16-08.asp
- Revenue From Tutankhamun In The 1970s
ArtNet (Thomas Hoving) Thomas Hoving is author of Master Pieces: The Curator’s Game (2005) and is former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The same stories circulate each time the Golden Age exhibition moves to a new venue, but I thought it...
- Tut's Tissue Box
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews07-20-05.asp The first item on this news round-up on the Artnet page above looks at some of the costs for visitors to the Tutankhamun exhibition. As well as the usual comments about standard and...
- Nasty Image Of Zahi Hawass
This article is very nasty and makes many serious claims of Dr. Zahi Hawass including that Dr. Hawass takes bribes and worse? I do not know what to make of the article and am not thrilled about the source but here it is anyway....
- Stolen Coffin
...
- Colorful Words Covering As Truth
The ever ambitious Dr. Zahi Hawass is a colorful man who's enthusiasm for his job as the Secretary general for Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities gives the good doctor full liberties as to Egypt's monuments and how they are to be interpreted...