Zahi Hawass

It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.

— Zahi Hawass

The sphinx will always have to be looked after.

— Zahi Hawass

Egypt has managed to reclaim the 13-page papyrus manuscript.

— Zahi Hawass

I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.

— Zahi Hawass

Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs…

— Zahi Hawass

Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold.

— Zahi Hawass

Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.

— Zahi Hawass

I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that…

— Zahi Hawass

It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are…

— Zahi Hawass

I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile…

— Zahi Hawass

When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We…

— Zahi Hawass

I have found a shaft, going 29 meters [95 feet, approximately] vertically down into the ground, exactly halfway between the Chefren Pyramid…

— Zahi Hawass

I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews…

— Zahi Hawass

In contrast to the Roman Empire, the Egyptians only used the military to preserve what they had, not threaten it.

— Zahi Hawass

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

— Zahi Hawass

Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.

— Zahi Hawass

Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted…

— Zahi Hawass

We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care…

— Zahi Hawass