Egypt
OH OH the cracks in this story are widening and though I feel confident in the tooth evidence the rush to air this sensational find in the mass media when the story should have been published in reputable scientific publications, allowed to be analyzed and then presented to the media and the public.
Dr, Hawass's greatest find may become a total pain and I am sure Discovery channel and others will not receive the creative licence that "Secrets of Egypt's lost Queen" received.
An otherwise fantastic discovery published improperly and marketed before the "t's" were crossed and the "i's" dotted as a result viewed with suspicion.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071220/mummy_claim_071220/20071220?hub=SciTech
- Months After Mummy Claim, Dna Science Still Lags
CTV.ca Months after Egypt boldly announced that archeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired...
- Zahi Hawass Dig Days - Khufu's Barque
Al Ahram Weekly A personal account by Zahi Hawass of the Khufu solar barque story, in the context of a show being filmed for the Discovery Channel: Any two lists of the top 10 archaeological discoveries in Egypt would be different in only one or two...
- Hatshepsut On The Radio And Tv
NPRZahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, is interviewed by telephone in this radio recording (preceded by an advert). It is not always easy to hear what Hawass is saying, due to a rather fuzzy line. The...
- 4200 Year Old Sinai Fortress Excavated
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1101050674076_7/?hub=SciTech Dating to the last years of the Old Kingdom, publication about this fortress is expected to reveal information about events taking place at this time: "The existence of...
- 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
Hatshepsut discovered?
OH OH the cracks in this story are widening and though I feel confident in the tooth evidence the rush to air this sensational find in the mass media when the story should have been published in reputable scientific publications, allowed to be analyzed and then presented to the media and the public.
Dr, Hawass's greatest find may become a total pain and I am sure Discovery channel and others will not receive the creative licence that "Secrets of Egypt's lost Queen" received.
An otherwise fantastic discovery published improperly and marketed before the "t's" were crossed and the "i's" dotted as a result viewed with suspicion.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071220/mummy_claim_071220/20071220?hub=SciTech
- Months After Mummy Claim, Dna Science Still Lags
CTV.ca Months after Egypt boldly announced that archeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired...
- Zahi Hawass Dig Days - Khufu's Barque
Al Ahram Weekly A personal account by Zahi Hawass of the Khufu solar barque story, in the context of a show being filmed for the Discovery Channel: Any two lists of the top 10 archaeological discoveries in Egypt would be different in only one or two...
- Hatshepsut On The Radio And Tv
NPRZahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, is interviewed by telephone in this radio recording (preceded by an advert). It is not always easy to hear what Hawass is saying, due to a rather fuzzy line. The...
- 4200 Year Old Sinai Fortress Excavated
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1101050674076_7/?hub=SciTech Dating to the last years of the Old Kingdom, publication about this fortress is expected to reveal information about events taking place at this time: "The existence of...
- 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...