Egypt
- Hawass Dig Days - Valley Of The Golden Mummies
Al Ahram Weekly Being in Bahariya to film this programme brought back many good memories for me, memories that I will never forget. The discovery happened by accident, when a guard who worked at the temple of Alexander the Great was riding his donkey....
- The Future Of Bahariya
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/Zahi Hawass concludes his recent episodic account of his work at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert:"Most of our work during the third, fourth and fifth seasons was focused on preservation and conservation. We...
- Mummy Analysis Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ This page will be up for the next week, on the Egyptian Mail website. There's an introductory parapgraph about Tutankhamun and the value of the treasures from that and other tombs, and then some information...
- My Love Of Pyramids And Mummies
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ A piece by Zahi Hawass in the Egyptian Gazette, talking about his archaeological interests. This has been copied in full, because it will be replaced with a new article tomorrow and will not be archived: "The Valley...
- Valley Of The Golden Mummies
Zahi Hawass Harry N. Abrams. INC. New York 2000 ISBN 0-8109-3942-8 This large and picturesque book is by the undefiable head of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass. The author opens his book with a record of his accomplishments...
Egypt
The curse of the mummies (1)
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/
This short feature by Zahi Hawass on the Al Ahram website is copied in full, because it will only be shown for a short period and will not be archived: "The curse of the mummies (Part 1)by Zahi HawassAfter the announcement of the discovery, the small town of El Bawiti became famous. People from all over the world wanted to visit and see the Valley of the Golden Mummies. Friends from Egypt and America, news teams from Europe, tour companies, professors, and ambassadors came to the site.My personal belief is that mummies should not be displayed for personal reasons, and at the end of the 1999 season, I was strongly urged to open the Bahariya to tourists. After much thought, I moved five of the most beautiful mummies from Tomb 54 to the Bahariya Museum. By moving these five the rest would remain safe.
The mummies I had moved to the museum would promote tourism and allow the tourists to view some of the mummies without tramping around the cemetery. Tourists are dangerous to archaeological sites, and having hordes of people walking all over Bahariya would do it terrible damage.Two of the mummies I moved to the museum were a boy, aged five and a younger girl. By the way they were decorated and because they were found in the same tomb, I concluded they were probably brother and sister.
It never occurred to me that until I moved the two children to their resting place in the museum that the so-called curse of the mummies existed. This idea, of course, has been around since Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922. After I moved the children I prepared myself to travel to the United States to teach archaeology at UCLA.I went to Los Angeles and settled in to begin my course. But the golden children had followed me to California and were haunting my dreams. In the dream, the children reached out their arms to me, trying to grab me, another mummy, a woman, I had also moved, appeared looking at me with pleading eyes. Every night they visited my dreams. In my worst nightmare, the little girl reached her White arms towards me and tried to wrap them around my throat. Why were they disturbing my rest?"
- Hawass Dig Days - Valley Of The Golden Mummies
Al Ahram Weekly Being in Bahariya to film this programme brought back many good memories for me, memories that I will never forget. The discovery happened by accident, when a guard who worked at the temple of Alexander the Great was riding his donkey....
- The Future Of Bahariya
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/Zahi Hawass concludes his recent episodic account of his work at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert:"Most of our work during the third, fourth and fifth seasons was focused on preservation and conservation. We...
- Mummy Analysis Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ This page will be up for the next week, on the Egyptian Mail website. There's an introductory parapgraph about Tutankhamun and the value of the treasures from that and other tombs, and then some information...
- My Love Of Pyramids And Mummies
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ A piece by Zahi Hawass in the Egyptian Gazette, talking about his archaeological interests. This has been copied in full, because it will be replaced with a new article tomorrow and will not be archived: "The Valley...
- Valley Of The Golden Mummies
Zahi Hawass Harry N. Abrams. INC. New York 2000 ISBN 0-8109-3942-8 This large and picturesque book is by the undefiable head of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass. The author opens his book with a record of his accomplishments...