For me, archaeology is not a just a job. It combines everything that I could want - imagination, intellect, action, and adventure.

— Zahi Hawass

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  • Press Tour to New York City
    July 26th 2010

    I’ve just returned from New York where I was on a publicity tour for Chasing Mummies, my new show on the History Channel. My first interview was for the Today Show with Matt Lauer. It was very nice to see him and Ann Curry, who has been a friend of mine since she came to visit Cairo a few years ago.

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    Recent excavations and restoration in Beni Suef
    July 15th 2010

    As part of the Ministry of Culture’s initiative to refurbish and develop museums around Egypt, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is reorganizing the layout of the Beni-Suef museum in Upper Egypt.

  • SCA Annual Egyptology Symposium
    July 13th 2010

    Every year I arrange a meeting for all the archaeologists working for the SCA. The meeting takes place at the office in Zamalek over a two day period. At this meeting, everyone who managed a project over the previous year is invited to give a presentation of their work. The topics range from archaeological excavation, conservation and restoration work and site management. All the presentations from this meeting are published in Arabic for use in future research.

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    Recipient of CBU/CIC Special Award
    July 11th 2010

    I was recently honored by Cape Breton University/Canadian International College at their Convocation for the Class of 2010. It was a beautiful event hosted at the Fairmont Towers in Cairo. Dr. Ken MacLeod, Ph.D. the Director of International Programs and Partnerships at Cape Breton University, and I were recipients of the CBU Special Award for our dedication to ours careers and our service as role models in our fields.

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    Press Release - Two new tombs discovered at Saqqara
    July 8th 2010

    Two rock-hewn painted tombs considered as two of the most distinguished tombs ever found from the Old Kingdom were discovered last week at Saqqara necropolis.

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    Opening of Tutankhamun exhibit in Denver
    July 5th 2010

    I returned this week from opening the exhibit: Tutankhamun the Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Denver Art Museum in Colorado. This exhibition contains fifty pieces from Tutankhamun’s tomb, including a pair of his golden sandals and a canopic jar. In addition to items from king Tut’s tomb, objects from some of Egypt’s greatest rulers are on display.  

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    Press Release- Tunnel in Seti I Tomb
    July 1st 2010

    The Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, announced that a tunnel in the tomb of King Seti I (1314-1304 BC) has been discovered by Dr. Zahi Hawass and his team in the Valley of the Kings. They’ve been searching for this tunnel for over twenty years in the West Bank necropolis.

  • My Favorite Things - Statue of Kai
    June 29th 2010

    JE 99128; limestone; H: 58cm; Fifth Dynasty; Western Cemetery, Giza

    Another one of my favorite pieces in the museum is the statue of Kai. This statue is amazing and I found it in the tomb that I nicknamed the "Nefertari of Giza" because of its vibrant colors and beauty.

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    Press Release - New Excavations at Tell el-Daba
    June 21st 2010

    Cultural Minister Farouk Hosni announced today that the Austrian mission at Tell el-Daba has located the southern suburban quarters of the ancient city of Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos in the Second Intermediate Period (1664-1569 BC). The excavation team found this area using a combination of magnetometry and resistivity surveys.

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    My Favorite Things: Some of My Favorite Pieces in the Egyptian Museum
    June 20th 2010

    The Golden Mask of Tutankhamun – JE 60672; gold, lapis lazuli, quartz, carnelian, turquoise, obsidian, colored glass; Height: 54cm; Eighteenth Dynasty, New Kingdom

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