Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
With photos.
- More Bad News From The Ministry Of Antiquities
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) See the above page for the full story. On Friday night, a group of 35 criminals attacked the storage magazines at Tell el-Fara'in (Buto) an ancient and important former capital of Lower Egypt, the Delta. Here the remains...
- Cairo Storehose Broken Into On Monday
Al Masry Al Youm Around 60 thieves broke into the Selim Hassan artifact storehouse near the Pyramids on Monday, said Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass. Hawass told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the army left the location when police were re-deployed, having...
- Saving History For Posterity
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An engaging account of how the Akhenaten statuette was recovered, followed by a look at which museums remain closed due to security concerns, the improvement in visitor numbers to various sites and the doubts about damage...
- Another Statement By Hawass
drhawass.com Hawass talks about his career and ongoing restoration work at the Sphinx. He says that one of his priorities is the get the Giza plateau open to the public shortly. He also says that at Saqqara the tombs of May, Nefer and the Two Brothers...
- Museums: Grand Egyptian Museum Progress Report
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos of various personnel and dignitaries. Last Thursday I visited the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to view the progress of the construction of this important new museum for Egyptian antiquities. The amazing thing about...
Egypt
New storage magazines in Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
With photos.
If someone were to ask me what I thought was one of the best things I had done during my term as Secretary General of the SCA, I would say the building of storage magazines all over Egypt. Over the last eight years I’ve supervised the construction of 36 new storage facilities. All of them are equipped with conservation rooms and photography labs, and the objects are stored in a secure and environmentally protected space.
When I became the head of antiquities I was very discouraged by the poor condition of many storage magazines throughout Egypt. For example, there were sixty-five magazines at Saqqara built of mudbrick. They were all very primitive and the antiquities were in danger of being damaged or stolen. Sadly, I found that this was the case all over Egypt. Sometimes when we opened storage magazines on a site, we found that they had not been opened for over 80 years! I found so many objects that were severely damaged, especially wooden pieces that had completely deteriorated. It was the worst thing I had ever seen in my life. For all of these reasons I decided that it was of great importance that we build new storage magazines.
- More Bad News From The Ministry Of Antiquities
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) See the above page for the full story. On Friday night, a group of 35 criminals attacked the storage magazines at Tell el-Fara'in (Buto) an ancient and important former capital of Lower Egypt, the Delta. Here the remains...
- Cairo Storehose Broken Into On Monday
Al Masry Al Youm Around 60 thieves broke into the Selim Hassan artifact storehouse near the Pyramids on Monday, said Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass. Hawass told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the army left the location when police were re-deployed, having...
- Saving History For Posterity
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An engaging account of how the Akhenaten statuette was recovered, followed by a look at which museums remain closed due to security concerns, the improvement in visitor numbers to various sites and the doubts about damage...
- Another Statement By Hawass
drhawass.com Hawass talks about his career and ongoing restoration work at the Sphinx. He says that one of his priorities is the get the Giza plateau open to the public shortly. He also says that at Saqqara the tombs of May, Nefer and the Two Brothers...
- Museums: Grand Egyptian Museum Progress Report
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos of various personnel and dignitaries. Last Thursday I visited the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to view the progress of the construction of this important new museum for Egyptian antiquities. The amazing thing about...