"Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of……" — Zahi Hawass
"Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it."
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17 Quotes by Zahi Hawass
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I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact…
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It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
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I have found a shaft, going 29 meters [95 feet, approximately] vertically down into the ground, exactly halfway between the…
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It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the…
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As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.
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Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.
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Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can…
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I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by…
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I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of…
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We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of…
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I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
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Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted…
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