Posted on 04/04/2011 12:48:15 AM PDT by pillut48
World-renowned Egyptian archeologist and former head of the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass has been renamed Egypt's Minister of Antiquities.
Hawass resigned earlier in March saying that he was leaving because the Egyptian Army could not protect all the ancient sites during the uprising that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak after 30 years in power, AFP reported.
The veteran archeologist said on March 29, 2011, that he did not ask to come back, but that there was no one else who could do the job. “I cannot live without antiquities, and antiquities cannot live without me,” he said.
Hawass had become Egypt's Minister of Antiquities under the ousted president.
Looters attacked some ancient sites and museums while Egypt was rocked by unprecedented demonstrations against Mubarak's rule.
Some 70 objects including two mummified skulls from the Late Period were destroyed when protesters set the headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), near Cairo's Egyptian Museum, on fire.
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Ugh. Pompous ass. I saw a bit of that TV program featuring him and came out even more horrified about him than when I went in. No doubt he is a zealous defender of Egyptian antiquities, but I can't take his giant head.
I have never liked this man.
This guy is a joke. His only objective is to preserve the ideas of Egypt that will encourage tourism. He has in the past blocked science of investigating many of the tombs and hidden passages that that have been discovered by outnations. He wants only the Egyptians to be the source of knowledge there. He as been caught fabricating antiquities to further his future. It worked when the nation was under control of American acceptance, but now , who knows ? This guy is a major fake. Don’t fall for his drival.
Outside nations are the only reason he has any antiquities to show. Ungrateful bastard.
He’s the best they got..................Poor bastards..............
Mr. Hawass, I hope you brought a very long spoon.
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For those who don’t care for the guy, I say...He only digs up dead people, he doesn’t make them.
It is hard to humble, when you are perfect in every way.
It is hard to humble, when you are perfect in every way.
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