Enormous statue of powerful pharaoh unearthed

ap ^ | 2 hrs 24 mins ago

[BenLurkin]

The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern entrance to the grand funerary temple on the west bank of the Nile that is currently the focus of a major excavation

[ComputerGuy]

Not a single mention of Zahi Hawass in the article.

[decimon]

Not a single mention of Zahi Hawass in the article.

That was the first thing I thought of. He's on the outs with the current regime, whatever that is. Civ's fault.

[Gertie]

Zahi Hawass resigned his position in the Egyptian rebel protest against the government. The way I read it, the rebels accused him of making too much money or something like that.
I don't know what to think about it, but I really liked his enthusiasm to antiquity.

[therightliveswithus]

His show was soooo terrible on the History Channel

[ComputerGuy]

IIRC, he's been sentenced to some hard time. Even though he can be a pompous ass from time to time, he certainly has a zest for discovery. His comment that all Egyptian artifacts, regardless of ownership and present location, should be returned to Egypt was a little over the top IMHO.
Could we in the U.S. lay claim to all Clovis points that have moved offshore?

[Gertie]

Here is one story about why he resigned.
http://www.drhawass.com/blog/why-dr-hawass-resigned

[ErnBatavia]

His show was soooo terrible on the History Channel

"Chasing Mummies" - subtitled "Chasing Zoe".

"Zoe! Zoe! Come lie with Zahi and I will not fire you!"

[decimon]

IIRC, he's been sentenced to some hard time.

Looks like that's a one year sentence for refusing to carry out some order. He's contesting the sentence.

[lurk]

The pharoah wasn’t that powerful; he died and was replaced.

[decimon]

Thanks. I suspect there’s also some CYA involved.

[decimon]

Impressive statue. And it looks like there’s another to be uncovered next year.

[ComputerGuy]

I hope he skates, to be honest.
A year or two ago, I was watching a show about Egyptian archeology. About 45 minutes into it, I realized that I hadn't seen Zahi. Not having him on a show of that type was almost unthinkable :)
They went to commercial. Guess who showed up after the break?

[enraged]

http://www.zoedamato.com/

I’d chase her too!

She peed in one of the ruins ‘cause Zahi wouldn’t let her out, or something like that.

[greyfoxx39]

[decimon]

Guess who showed up after the break?

Civ?

[No Truce With Kings]

Beat me to it.

[Cicero]

I think the “protestors” were angry at Zawi Hawass for a number of reasons. But at least one of them was that he was staunchly protecting Egyptian antiquities from being stolen out of the museums by protestors.

Some of the protestors no doubt would like to steal and sell that stuff in the museums. And some of them would probably like to destroy them, like the statues of Buddha, because they are “idols.”

I notice that the press has completely stopped talking about any danger to the Egyptian antiquities. Does this mean that they are now safe? Or does it mean that they don’t want to report that what the “protestors” are up to?

The only reason most of that stuff survived in Mohammedan Egypt is that it was safely buried under the sand until the British rule began. But if the Muslim fanatics return to power, they will predictably destroy it.

[ComputerGuy]

Yep

[TheOldLady]

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