Egypt
SCAD District (Megan Kirby)
See the above page for the interview.
- The Latest From Egypt, Monday And Tuesday
Apologies for the lack of an update yesterday. I was a tad busy. Here are the latest updates about how current events in Egypt are impacting the archaeology and collections of Egypt. I am out this afternoon to meet Kate Phizackerely to talk about the...
- Profile: Zahi Hawass
Art Museums Journal (Stan Parchin) An excellent factual and no-nonsense profile of SCA General Secretary Zahi Hawass. Zahi Hawass (b. 1947), a native of Damietta, Egypt, has served as his country's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
- Zahi Hawass
The New York Sun (Kate Taylor) Short piece about Hawass and his latest interests. Egypt currently has a dozen new museums under construction — and not enough masterpieces of ancient art to fill them, the secretary-general of the Egypt's Supreme...
- Zahi Hawass Feature
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061024-hawass.html Two-page National Geographic feature on Zahi Hawass, who is a National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence and his priorities: "Since the days of the pharaohs, priceless artifacts...
- Discoveries, Recognition And Promotion
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ An article by Zahi Hawass about himself. It is reproduced here in full, because it will not be on the site by tomorrow: "In 1987, I was appointed Director General of Giza, Saqqara, and Bahariya Oasis and set to...
Egypt
Interview with Zahi Hawass
SCAD District (Megan Kirby)
There is an inverview with Hawass on the above page. The following is an extract for the introduction. For a good summary of some of the important points made in the interview see Kate Phizackerley's blog.
Hawass, the Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, oversees the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and all the temples, monuments and artifacts in Egypt. He controls all archaeological activity at Giza, Saqqara, and the Bahariya Oasis. He is, as Time magazine wrote, when naming him to their 2005 list of the 100 Most Influential People, “The Man.”
For his work in the field of Egyptology Hawass was recently named a Goodwill Ambassador to Japan, on top of his titles of Commander and Officer in the Italian and French governments, respectively. In 2001 he was named the eighth ‘Explorer in Residence’ by National Geographic, and for his work on a 2006 documentary, he won an Emmy award.
Balancing his time between archaeological fieldwork, traveling the world, speaking about his latest discoveries and personal experiences in the study of ancient Egypt, Hawass is constantly busy. His visit to SCAD was the icing on the cake for what turned out to be a very ancient Egyptian-influenced winter quarter for the Art History Department.
See the above page for the interview.
- The Latest From Egypt, Monday And Tuesday
Apologies for the lack of an update yesterday. I was a tad busy. Here are the latest updates about how current events in Egypt are impacting the archaeology and collections of Egypt. I am out this afternoon to meet Kate Phizackerely to talk about the...
- Profile: Zahi Hawass
Art Museums Journal (Stan Parchin) An excellent factual and no-nonsense profile of SCA General Secretary Zahi Hawass. Zahi Hawass (b. 1947), a native of Damietta, Egypt, has served as his country's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
- Zahi Hawass
The New York Sun (Kate Taylor) Short piece about Hawass and his latest interests. Egypt currently has a dozen new museums under construction — and not enough masterpieces of ancient art to fill them, the secretary-general of the Egypt's Supreme...
- Zahi Hawass Feature
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061024-hawass.html Two-page National Geographic feature on Zahi Hawass, who is a National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence and his priorities: "Since the days of the pharaohs, priceless artifacts...
- Discoveries, Recognition And Promotion
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ An article by Zahi Hawass about himself. It is reproduced here in full, because it will not be on the site by tomorrow: "In 1987, I was appointed Director General of Giza, Saqqara, and Bahariya Oasis and set to...