"Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold.……" — Zahi Hawass
"Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold."
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Zahi Hawass
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17 Quotes by Zahi Hawass
Zahi Hawass has 17 quotes on this site.
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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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Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.
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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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