Posted on 03/04/2011 7:53:40 AM PST by pillut48
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, warned that the country's antiquity sites were being looted by criminals amid the country's political upheaval as he announced he would no longer serve in his ministerial post in the government.
Hawass was quoted in the Friday editions of Cairo's dailies as saying he would not participate in the new government to be led by prime minister designate Essam Sharaf. Hawass, the longtime head of Egypt's antiquities office, was elevated to Cabinet-level antiquities minister on Jan. 31, when ousted President Hosni Mubarak named a new government led by longtime friend Ahmed Shafiq.
Shafiq resigned Thursday amid calls by protesters for his removal, and Sharaf has been tasked with naming a new government.
Hawass said he was no longer able to protect the country's antiquities because of what he called the absence of police protection and because he was the victim of a campaign against him by senior officials at his ministry.
Egypt's antiquities, he warned, were in "grave danger" from criminals. He called on the youth groups behind the 18-day uprising that forced Mubarak to step down Feb. 11 to help protect antiquity sites.
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I say= I SAW, sorry for the typo.
Yes,we saw the one in the 70’s and the recent one in NYC.We
were scheduled to leave for Egypt on Jan.28th,but the trip
was cancelled. We don’t know if we’ll ever get there?
Sorry to hear this.
I’ve often watched Hawass documentaries on Egypt.
Seemed like he was an expert and very enthused about his work.
In his defense I’ll say he’s protective of the Egyptian antiquities. Beyond that he’s an arrogant ass who is far too interested in protecting his own theories from competition. (No I don’t buy the ancient aliens garbage)
GGG ping? Not directly related to archaeological finds, but certainly brings up some serious questions about long-term curation of artifacts in politically unstable countries.
George Noori (of Coast to Coast AM) was cheerleading for Zahi’s ouster last night, as he was not sufficiently forthcoming on the alien agenda. Be careful what you wish for.
Bush’s fault.
Unfortunately for the MSM media and Europeans, there is no American troops and no Bush to push around in the case of Egypt.
I agree with you Pilut48, of course; this kind of damage may be irreversible. But that is why people have to protect what they value. The Christian world did not care about Constantinople and Alexandria --- too late to be saddened now.
We have not even learned our lessons, judging by the acute self-hattred afflicting the Western word. We'll soon weep about more than the ancient Egyptian treasures.. With 5% of Protestants, 6% or Catholics and almost 15% of Muslims in Amsterdam, for instance, what do you think will happen to all those European cathedrals? The same as what happened to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: it's now the Aya Sofya mosque.
There will much more to weep about very soon.
What did he say that defined him as a jackass? :)
So as sure as the sun will shine
I’m gonna get my share now what is mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall
One and all
The harder they come
The harder they fall
One and all
With a pistol in your waist,
Johnnie you're too bad..
To me, he always came across as a publicity hound, a flim-flam archeologist, horning in and co-opting the work of others.
“You gonna run to the rock for rescue, and there will be no rock.”
Great record!
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