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"Zahi Hawass" in All Posts 1
Looting Matters
Last month I commented on the Egyptian sarcophagus detained at Miami. Earlier this week the sarcophagus was handed over to the Egyptian authorities at the National Geographic Society [press release]. Zahi Hawass was present at the... 2
Beyond Stone and Bone
I first met Zahi Hawass back in the early 1990s, when he and colleague Mark Lehner contributed several excellent articles to ARCHAEOLOGY dealing with excavations of support facilities and tombs of the workers at Giza, as well as an ... 3
Artdaily
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Egypt's Queen Behenu inside her 4,000-year-old burial chamber near her pyramid in Saqqara, chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass announced Wednesday. The Old Kingdo... 4
San Francisco Citizen
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs is heading out on March 28, 2010, so now’s your last chance.
And Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass is coming back to town to give a talk on Mar... 5
Artdaily
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dr. Zahi Hawass, internationally known Egyptologist and Vice Minister of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities returns to San Francisco on March 8, to deliver a lecture, Mysteries of Tutankhamun Revealed,... 6
Science Fair
King Tut's family makes medical news Tuesday. We asked Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities to comment on the Journal of the American Medical Association study findings:
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Gadling
History, Africa, Egypt, NewsEgypt´s top archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass announced the completion of a major remodel for one of Egypt´s most important archaeological treasures.
The Monastery of St. Anthony is believed to... 8
Illicit Cultural Property
Mark Durney notes how much more attention we pay to damaged masterworks than to outright art theft.
artnet weighs the cultural destruction in Haiti.
Just how much does Zahi Hawass focus on pulling in revenue?
Donn Zaretsky and... 9
ArchaeoBlog
Egypt Relics Chief Pulls in Revenue as He Fights for Nefertiti
Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s antiquities department, promotes his country’s cultural treasures with a showman’s skills and an entrepreneur’s instincts.
His Indiana Jones... 10
ArchaeoBlog
This came out over the EEF wires last night, but my internet connection crapped out: Largest Saqqara Tomb Discovered
An Egyptian team led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has unearthed the largest... 11
Looting Matters
I have earlier commented on the acquisition of the head of Nefertiti from Amarna. The head was the main subject of a meeting of the Egyptian National Committee for the Return of Stolen Artifacts this week. Zahi Hawass notes that the... 12
Artdaily
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday he will formally demand the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti from a Berlin museum after confirming it was sneaked out of Cairo through fraudulent documents. Zahi... 13
Ancient Coin Collecting
Now we have it, the straight skinny, from the mouth of an archaeologist in the field—some genuine insight into what archaeology is like today in Egypt. It seems ironic, or even perverse, that Zahi Hawass is in London trying to extor... 14
Artdaily
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities chief says the wall paintings that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum will be returned to their original location in a tomb south of Egypt. In a statement Wednesday, Zahi Hawass says t... 15
Looting Matters
Zahi Hawass has commented further on the request for the Rosetta Stone (Harpreet Bhal, "Egypt to ask British Museum for Rosetta Stone", Reuters, December 14, 2009). In an interview held over last weekend, Hawass told Reuters:
I did ... 16
Artdaily
LONDON (REUTERS).- The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said he plans to ask the British Museum to hand the Rosetta Stone over to his country. The ancient stone was the key to deciphering hieroglyphs on the tombs of Eg... 17
Ancient Coin Collecting
Dr. Zahi Hawass, the incorrigible Grand Poobah of Egyptian Archaeology is in London this week saber rattling about getting the Rosetta Stone back. In a point/counterpoint interview on BBC radio, Dr. Hawass reminded Roy Clare (Chief... 18
ArchaeoBlog
‘Indiana Jones’ of Egyptian archaeology demands British Museum hand back Rosetta Stone
His flamboyant and confrontational style has already secured the return of some 5,000 treasures.
Now, Zahi Hawass, the ‘Indiana Jones’ of Egyptia... 19
Gadling
Arts and Culture, History, Africa, Europe, Egypt, United Kingdom, NewsDr. Zahi Hawass, the head of Egyptian Antiquities Council, has offered a compromise in his battle with the British Museum over the return of the Rose... 20
Looting Matters
The Rosetta Stone was debated on this morning's BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme. Sarah Montague interviewed Zahi Hawass and Roy Clare (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council).
Hawass rejected a short-term loan. He commented on the s... |
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