Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
- Under The Pharaohs' Spell
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) This year, 2011, was indeed different for Egypt. A few days after the revolution broke out on 25 January, eventually toppling president Hosni Mubarak and his autocratic regime, the corrupt police force faded into the background...
- The Removal Of A Modern Cemetery Built Above The Oldest Capital In The World
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) I will never forget what I saw when I went to Saqqara before I became Minister of Antiquities for the second time. During the Revolution, people built over five hundred tombs (a modern cemetery) above sites near the pyramids...
- Hawass - Current News On Sites And Objects
drhawass.com Hawass comments about findings at Dashur, Abusir, and five objects recovered from the looting at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. On Sunday I went to Dahshur to visit my excavations in an area south of Saqqara. We began this work when satellite...
- Official News - Akhenaten Statue Returned, But Bad News From Other Sites
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo of the returned artefact. Today, I announced that the missing limestone statue of King Akhenaten, the father of Tutankhamun, has been returned to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. This unique statue, which dates from the...
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Ahram Online (Zahi Hawass) “Who built the pyramids?” This is a question that the public still asks me even today. My continuing discoveries at the site of the tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza (first found in 1990) clearly demonstrate that these...
Egypt
Updates from Dr Hawass on sites and museums
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
Here's an exerpt but see the above page to see reports on museum restorations and more about Qantara East where 800 items haev been stolen (mostly, according to Hawass, pottery).
At Lischt, a famous site containing the Middle Kingdom pyramid of Amenemhat I, looters have broken into tombs many times, and there are illegal excavations taking place at night. I have heard rumors that in one village a statue measuring 1.5m high was found, and in another village inscribed blocks have been found. In Dahshur, antiquities inspectors were able to recover two large blocks with colored scenes from the funerary temple of Amenemhat I. They are also struggling to prevent people from moving onto archaeological land and digging illegally at night. I received a report on Saturday from inspectors saying they had found looters inside of a tomb! In Saqqara, I had previously reported that magazines and tombs had been broken into. Now, eight acres of land near the Mastaba el-Faraun and the pyramid of Merenre I has been overtaken by people. At Abusir a new cemetery has been built over twelve acres in an area containing 1st and 2nd Dynasty tombs. What upsets me the most is what is happening at Giza. The site is being taken over by camel and horse drivers; they are even attacking tombs. I do not know I anyone can stop people from damaging these sites.
- Under The Pharaohs' Spell
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) This year, 2011, was indeed different for Egypt. A few days after the revolution broke out on 25 January, eventually toppling president Hosni Mubarak and his autocratic regime, the corrupt police force faded into the background...
- The Removal Of A Modern Cemetery Built Above The Oldest Capital In The World
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) I will never forget what I saw when I went to Saqqara before I became Minister of Antiquities for the second time. During the Revolution, people built over five hundred tombs (a modern cemetery) above sites near the pyramids...
- Hawass - Current News On Sites And Objects
drhawass.com Hawass comments about findings at Dashur, Abusir, and five objects recovered from the looting at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. On Sunday I went to Dahshur to visit my excavations in an area south of Saqqara. We began this work when satellite...
- Official News - Akhenaten Statue Returned, But Bad News From Other Sites
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo of the returned artefact. Today, I announced that the missing limestone statue of King Akhenaten, the father of Tutankhamun, has been returned to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. This unique statue, which dates from the...
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Ahram Online (Zahi Hawass) “Who built the pyramids?” This is a question that the public still asks me even today. My continuing discoveries at the site of the tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza (first found in 1990) clearly demonstrate that these...