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— Zahi Hawass

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  • Life in Paradise: The Nobles Tombs of Thebes
    June 23rd 2010

    Not far from the Valley of the Kings lie hundreds of unique and wonderfully decorated tombs from the New Kingdom belonging to courtiers and high officials, along with the artisans who worked on the royal tombs. Life in Paradise, illustrated with spectacular new photographs, gives the reader unprecedented and privileged access to a selection of these extraordinary monuments.

  • The Realm of the Pharaohs: Essays in Honour of Tohfa Handousa
    June 23rd 2010

     Edited by Zahi Hawass, Khaled A. Daoud and Sawsan Abd El-Fattah

  • A Contemporary Book of the Dead. By Zahi Hawass, Wendy Doniger, and John Ransom Phillips
    June 23rd 2010

    The ancient Egyptians were the first to examine the afterlife in a book composed between 1567 and 1085 BCE. This collection of funerary texts has historically been referred to as the "Book of the Dead" or "Book of Going Forth by Day". For the Egyptians, the "Book of the Dead" was a vital part of the quest for immortality.

  • Old Kingdom Pottery from Giza By Zahi Hawass and Ashraf Senussi
    June 23rd 2010

     This publication discusses the pottery that was discovered by Zahi Hawass’s excavations at Giza, including the Cemetery of the Pyramid Builders, the Western Cemetery, and the settlement beneath the modern suburb of Nazlet el-Samman. It is a comprehensive study of Old Kingdom pottery that includes a typology for these recent finds, as well as discussing the interrelationship between pottery from cemetery and settlement contexts. 

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Book Signing at AUC Bookstore
    June 19th 2010

     Dr. Hawass and Mr. Mark Linz, President of AUC Press, at a special summer event book signing for the AUC Bookstore in Downtown Cairo. (Photo: Meghan Strong)

  • Follow-Up on Friends Select School
    June 16th 2010

    A few weeks ago I told you about a group of students from the Friends Select School in Philadelphia. These students had written letters to me about their studies of the Great Sphinx. Because of their hard work and their love of ancient Egypt, I invited the students to go on a personal tour of the brand new exhibit Cleopatra: The Search for Egypt’s Last Queen. This exhibit opened at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on June 5.

  • My Favorite Things - The Statue of Khafre
    June 15th 2010

     This statue of Khafre was carved out of diorite stone in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. The statue was found in the Valley Temple of Khafre at Giza, next to the Sphinx. This piece is my favorite piece in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The great pharaoh Khafre is seated on his throne wearing the royal neme-headdress, a short kilt and false beard. On each side of the throne is carved the sema-tawy motif, a symbol of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. I like to walk around this statue and see Horus the falcon wrapped around the head of the king.

  • The Djedi Team Robot
    June 14th 2010

    Recently I went to visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu and observe the work of the Djedi team. Djedi is a joint international-Egyptian mission, which I named after Djedi, the magician who Khufu consulted when planning the layout of his pyramid. The purpose of this project is to send a robotic tunnel explorer into the two “air shafts” that lead from the Queen’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Khufuto gather evidence to determine the purpose of the shafts. 

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