Archaeologist at Large: Living in Egypt

Past Preserversprofile in Daily Star Egypt

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:09:06 GMT

A profile of my company Past Preservers appears in todays Daily Star Egypt

find it @ http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=9869

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Dr Zahi Interview

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:05:25 GMT

Gimme Back My Mask!

During a discussion of the recently identified mummy of queen Hatshepsut on the July 9 edition of the Charlie Rose Show, Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, again called out the Saint Louis Art Museum for its refusal to return the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mask to Egypt.

Hawass contends that the ornate funereal mask, which depicts a woman of the Nineteenth Dynasty, was illegally removed from Egypt after its discovery in 1952. The history of the mask was the subject of "Out of Egypt," a Riverfront Times feature story published early last year.

No Bridge!

Sat, 19 May 2007 13:43:52 GMT

Security Considerations Behind Egypt's Rejection Of Saudi Arabia-Egypt Bridge

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is quoted by the official Egyptian daily Al-Masa as saying that he rejected the idea of a bridge connecting Saudi Arabia with Egypt, at Sharm Al-Sheikh, for security reasons. He was concerned that the bridge would serve terrorists who could threaten the safety of Sharm Al-Sheikh, which is Egypt’s principal tourism attraction and a major source of its foreign exchange.