Submitted by Sean Williams on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 18:45
Dr Zahi Hawass and a huge team of experts have just finished laser scanning the Great Sphinx, and now the Pyramids of Giza are being surveyed using the latest laser technology. Dr Hawass, who reports on the project in his blog, has employed the services of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences at the Mubarak Institute for the project, which saw Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara subjected to the same techniques in June by a Japanese group.
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities
28 May 1947
World-renowned archaeologist Zahi Hawass currently serves as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and directs ongoing excavations at Giza, Saqqara, and in the Valley of the Kings. Dr. Hawass received his PhD in 1987 from the University of Pennsylvania. He has written numerous scholarly articles and books, and is highly respected as an Egyptologist. Over the course of his long career, he has been presented with numerous awards and honors. In addition, Dr. Hawass is known for his charisma and his ability to reach out to the public, raising awareness of archaeology and the preservation of Egypt’s precious heritage.
Dr. Hawass has made a number of major discoveries over the course of his career, including the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza and the Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya Oasis.
Submitted by Scott Shields on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 11:31
In anticipation of the Golden King's arrival in San Francisco, Zahi Hawass talks to KGO-TV's Spencer Christian about his adventures in Egypt.
San Francisco is a city that holds many fond memories for Zahi Hawass. Watch as Egypt's most famous archaeologist takes KGO-TV on an adventure in Egypt in advance of the arrival of the Tutankhmamun exhibition at the De Young Museum. In this segment, Hawass shows Christian his excavations at Saqqara, and discusses the presence of the boy king in the region of the ancient city of Memphis, near modern day Cairo.
