37 Quotes by Zahi Hawass

I know that you have been aware of this for some time now, and am both surprised and disappointed that you did not contact me right away to set this matter straight.

For the last 100 years, curators sat down to drink tea, but they did not do their jobs. How many artifacts are in the basement? It was awful.

For the first time, we will make these dead mummies come alive,

All the pieces found are in good shape and they will be moved for restoration and display.

Egypt has managed to reclaim the 13-page papyrus manuscript.

Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.

I have found a shaft, going 29 meters [95 feet, approximately] vertically down into the ground, exactly halfway between the Chefren Pyramid and the Sphinx. At the bottom, which was filled with water, we have found a burial chamber with four pillars. In the middle is a large granite sarcophagus which I expect to be the grave of Osiris, the god,

I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, ‘If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.’ It doesn’t mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.

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 solve this mystery.