Egypt Quote by Zahi Hawass Download Open image “Egypt has managed to reclaim the 13-page papyrus manuscript.” — Zahi Hawass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Egypt Manuscripts Pages Papyrus
It is from the graves and ruins and rubbish-heaps of Egypt that writings have been restored to us in great numbers. — Frederic G. Kenyon Copy Share Image
If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Carter pulled out several lengths of brown twine, a small ebony cat statue, and a thick roll of paper. No, not paper. Papyrus. I remember Dad explaining how the Egyptians made it from a river plant because they never invented paper. The stuff was so thick and rough, it made me wonder if the poor Egyptians had had to use… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
“Cumulatively, the sheer volume of papyrus and parchment under-girding sacred Scripture dwarf that of any other work in classical history. Consider, for example, Homer’s… — Hank Hanegraaff Copy Share Image
Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: - That is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone,… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“From the early days of its existence, cryptology had served to obscure critical portions of writings dealing with the potent subject of magic—divinations, spells, curses, whatever conferred supernatural powers on its sorcerers. The first faint traces of this appeared in Egyptian cryptography. Plutarch reported that “sundry very ancient oracles were kept in secret writings by the priests” at Delphi. And… — David Kahn Copy Share
The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual. — Silvio Berlusconi Copy Share Image
To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Ancient Egypt, like that of the Olmecs (Bolivia), emerged all at once and fully formed. Indeed, the period of transition from primitive to advanced… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out… — Issey Miyake 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it. — Zahi Hawass Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people. — Kelly Ayotte Copy Share Image
Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“...he was one of the great intellectuals of the 1940s who completed their higher studies in the West and returned to their country to… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
I just always loved mythology, ever since I was a kid. Greek mythology was something I remember learning about in fourth grade, and Egypt,… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
Our revolution is like Wikipedia, okay? Everyone is contributing content, [but] you don't know the names of the people contributing the content. This is… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and during my… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
“Mungu hutumia watu 'wajinga' na 'wapumbavu' kufanya mambo makubwa katika maisha yao na ya watu wengine. Katika Biblia, Musa aliitwa mjinga alipokiuka amri ya… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image