Zahi Hawass Quotes

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

When I make a new discovery, every journalist in every newspaper wants to know, ... These are all important. To know of this greatest civilization - the greatest people, both rich and poor - it is the best thing we could know. - Zahi Hawass

We don't really know what kind of people are inside but I do believe they look royal. Maybe they are kings or queens or nobles. - Zahi Hawass

We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries. - 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

This item is among five archaeological collections to be presented by Egypt in the fair held in the United States for one year. - Zahi Hawass

This is the jealousy, ... of the followers of the evil god Seth. - Zahi Hawass

This is a very interesting exhibit. It will educate people about death and the afterlife, and how Egyptians used the Book of the Dead and other rituals. It's from the New Kingdom, our golden age. And by coming to Dayton, it is helping to bring the money we need in Egypt. Our project does not have any government money it's all from tourists and sending out these exhibitions. - Zahi Hawass

This is a cachet (of mummies), which means that the ancient Egyptians since the end of the New Kingdom began to take the mummies out of the tombs and hide them. We don't really know what kind of people are inside but I do believe they look royal. Maybe they are kings or queens or nobles. - Zahi Hawass

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