When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world. — Zahi Hawass Copy Share Image
It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
I have found a shaft, going 29 meters [95 feet, approximately] vertically down into the ground, exactly halfway between the Chefren Pyramid and the… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it. — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold. — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.'… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation,… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job. — Zahi Hawass Copy Share
I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share