Egypt
- Feature: Ian Parker, Letter From Cairo, “the Pharaoh,”
New Yorker (Ian Parker) Read the full text of this article in the digital edition. (Subscription required.) November 16, 2009 Issue ABSTRACT: LETTER FROM CAIRO about archeologist Zahi Hawass, the secretary-general of that country’s Supreme Council of...
- Response To Sunday Times Re Hawass Article In May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1710891_2,00.html In a widely publicized article entitled "King Tut Tut", which appeared in the May 22nd edition of the UK's Sunday broadsheet, a number of criticisms of Zahi Hawass were made. The above...
- Yet Another Article About Zahi Hawass
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/13/arts/design/13tut.html In an article entitled The Show-Biz Pharaoh of Egypt's Antiquities, the New York Times looks at some of the controversies surrounding Zahi Hawass, quoting a number of opinions and citing the...
- Nefertiti And The Lost Dynasty
Here we have the show from a couple of years ago based on searching for Nefertiti. As I recall the show was in reaction partially to confront the theory put forward a few years earlier in 2003 by Dr. Joann Fletcher who had published her book "In search...
- The Search For Nefertiti
Joann Fletcher Hodder & Stoughton 2004 London ISBN 0 340 83304 1 This book and television show caused quite a scandal five years ago when Egypt's antiquities Majordomo Dr. Zahi Hawass felt that Ms. Joanne Fletcher had deceived him in drawing conclusions...
Egypt
Sunday Times: King Tut tut tut
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-1610673,00.html
Quite a long article - either select Print View or click on the next Page links at the bottom of each part of the text (4 pages in total). This is a very colourful piece focusing on Zahi Hawass, and also raising the Joann Fletcher Nefertiti case, and the reaction of Hawass to her claims. The opening paragraphs read: "They call him the Pharaoh, the keeper of the pyramids. He rules Egyptology with an iron fist and a censorious tongue. Nobody crosses Zahi Hawass and gets away with it. As the fabulous treasures of Tutankhamun begin a world tour, Richard Girling excavates the conspiracies, conflicts and fears that curse the world of archeology. You might as well ask a eunuch to slag off an emperor. Quite quickly you get tired of asking: phone calls not returned; e-mails not answered; questions ducked. If you're lucky, you might get the odd side-of-mouth hint; but no names, no details. 'Nobody of any standing in Egyptology will come out to help you,' said one well-known Egyptologist of his colleagues, 'because they'd lose their jobs. Sadly, people are cowering round his ankles.' "
Do read this article for more - it is quite an important insight, whether or not you agree with it.
- Feature: Ian Parker, Letter From Cairo, “the Pharaoh,”
New Yorker (Ian Parker) Read the full text of this article in the digital edition. (Subscription required.) November 16, 2009 Issue ABSTRACT: LETTER FROM CAIRO about archeologist Zahi Hawass, the secretary-general of that country’s Supreme Council of...
- Response To Sunday Times Re Hawass Article In May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1710891_2,00.html In a widely publicized article entitled "King Tut Tut", which appeared in the May 22nd edition of the UK's Sunday broadsheet, a number of criticisms of Zahi Hawass were made. The above...
- Yet Another Article About Zahi Hawass
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/13/arts/design/13tut.html In an article entitled The Show-Biz Pharaoh of Egypt's Antiquities, the New York Times looks at some of the controversies surrounding Zahi Hawass, quoting a number of opinions and citing the...
- Nefertiti And The Lost Dynasty
Here we have the show from a couple of years ago based on searching for Nefertiti. As I recall the show was in reaction partially to confront the theory put forward a few years earlier in 2003 by Dr. Joann Fletcher who had published her book "In search...
- The Search For Nefertiti
Joann Fletcher Hodder & Stoughton 2004 London ISBN 0 340 83304 1 This book and television show caused quite a scandal five years ago when Egypt's antiquities Majordomo Dr. Zahi Hawass felt that Ms. Joanne Fletcher had deceived him in drawing conclusions...