Egypt
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 Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, said yesterday in an interview.
"People used to say that Egypt does not have good museums. We have better museums now than they have," Mr. Hawass, who is in New York to promote the Discovery Channel documentary, "Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen," about the possible identification of the mummy of Hatshepsut, said. But "we don't have enough objects," Mr. Hawass said.
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"the Pharoah" Goes To War
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Hawass Chides Museums Over Antiquities
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Mark Rose On Discovery's Latest Kv63 Offering
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The Golden King: The World Of Tutankhamun
Zahi Hawass National Geographic Cairo 2004 ISBN 977 424 836 8 This thankfully small and beautiful book is by the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass. The book is an excellent read for a younger audience in...
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A Threatening Speech
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