Monday morning I went to Giza to hold a press conference about our new discoveries in the area of the cemetery of the pyramid builders at Giza. Press came from all over the world, including AP, CNN, Reuters, etc. The huge turnout at this conference shows how people all over the world are interested in the topic of the pyramids and the people who built them.

A collection of tombs that belong to workers who built Khufu’s pyramid has been discovered in the area of the workmen’s tombs on the Giza plateau, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced.

Two large 26^th Dynasty tombs have been found in Saqqara by an Egyptian excavation mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced today.

Last Thursday I visited the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to view the progress of the construction of this important new museum for Egyptian antiquities.

The National Committee for the Return of Stolen Artifacts, headed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), met yesterday to discuss the procedures needed to make a formal request for the return of the Bust of Nefertiti now on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin.

This Saturday I went to Khan el-Khalili to meet a reporter from a local newspaper that awarded me as Character of the Year. 

In October, the Susan G. Komen Foundation held a Race for the Cure at Giza around the pyramids.

Last Thursday, I went to Alexandria in order to remove an important artifact from the water of the harbor.   This was the tower of the pylon, likely from the Ptolemaic temple of Isis in the area known as Chatby.

This past year we found a new tomb in Saqqara, in the Gisr el-Mudir area. I was there when we opened a sealed limestone sarcophagus.  Before the event, I could not sleep because I could not stop thinking about the excitement of that moment.  When I arrived, I came down about 11 meters underground, where we began to open the sarcophagus, which had not been touched in 2600 years.

My recent trip to London was exciting and very busy. I gave a lecture at the British Museum, celebrated the release of my two new books, had book signings and met with the press.