Zahi Hawass

How can you say accurately that this mortar is dated to the same time of building the pyramid?

How can you say accurately that this mortar is dated to the same time of building the pyramid?

Of the pyramid? Yes. No, of the Great Pyramid. There is no evidence of any restoration. No, never. Never any accurate evidence that the pyramid was restored in any period of the Egyptian history.

Of the pyramid? Yes. No, of the Great Pyramid. There is no evidence of any restoration. No, never. Never any accurate evidence that the pyramid was restored in any period of the Egyptian history.

Of the pyramid? Yes. No, of the Great Pyramid. There is no evidence of any restoration. No, never. Never any accurate evidence that the pyramid was restored in any period of the Egyptian history.

make 10 years of restoration of the Sphinx. It's me who did the restoration of the Sphinx for 10 years. Why did you decide to do that? Because the Sphinx, when I left, I was studying in the States. I came to take my doctorate from University of Pennsylvania from 1980. From 80 to 87, some architect and archaeologist were really stupid.

make 10 years of restoration of the Sphinx. It's me who did the restoration of the Sphinx for 10 years. Why did you decide to do that? Because the Sphinx, when I left, I was studying in the States. I came to take my doctorate from University of Pennsylvania from 1980. From 80 to 87, some architect and archaeologist were really stupid.

make 10 years of restoration of the Sphinx. It's me who did the restoration of the Sphinx for 10 years. Why did you decide to do that? Because the Sphinx, when I left, I was studying in the States. I came to take my doctorate from University of Pennsylvania from 1980. From 80 to 87, some architect and archaeologist were really stupid.

They began to restore the Sphinx and they took all the casing stones of the Sphinx out. And they put modern stones and they used cement. You cannot use cement in the restoration. You can use cement in building a house. Yeah, that's not even restoration. That's a new creation. When I came, I stopped this restoration. Okay. And because this restoration...

They began to restore the Sphinx and they took all the casing stones of the Sphinx out. And they put modern stones and they used cement. You cannot use cement in the restoration. You can use cement in building a house. Yeah, that's not even restoration. That's a new creation. When I came, I stopped this restoration. Okay. And because this restoration...

They began to restore the Sphinx and they took all the casing stones of the Sphinx out. And they put modern stones and they used cement. You cannot use cement in the restoration. You can use cement in building a house. Yeah, that's not even restoration. That's a new creation. When I came, I stopped this restoration. Okay. And because this restoration...

damage completely the proportions of the Sphinx. It brings to you another Sphinx. Ugly. A few months later, there was a stone that was restored in the shoulder of the Sphinx and it fell down in February. It was raining. And always people use The Sphinx for politics. The Sphinx? For politics? Yeah. I tell you, it happened the first time in the Pharaonic period.

damage completely the proportions of the Sphinx. It brings to you another Sphinx. Ugly. A few months later, there was a stone that was restored in the shoulder of the Sphinx and it fell down in February. It was raining. And always people use The Sphinx for politics. The Sphinx? For politics? Yeah. I tell you, it happened the first time in the Pharaonic period.

damage completely the proportions of the Sphinx. It brings to you another Sphinx. Ugly. A few months later, there was a stone that was restored in the shoulder of the Sphinx and it fell down in February. It was raining. And always people use The Sphinx for politics. The Sphinx? For politics? Yeah. I tell you, it happened the first time in the Pharaonic period.

You know, the area beside the Sphinx was called the Valley of Gazelles. And the princess of the new kingdom used to come to hunt wild animals in the valley and come to worship the Sphinx. And this story that I'm telling you is written in a granite stela. It's called the dream stela, located now between the two poles of the Sphinx.

You know, the area beside the Sphinx was called the Valley of Gazelles. And the princess of the new kingdom used to come to hunt wild animals in the valley and come to worship the Sphinx. And this story that I'm telling you is written in a granite stela. It's called the dream stela, located now between the two poles of the Sphinx.

You know, the area beside the Sphinx was called the Valley of Gazelles. And the princess of the new kingdom used to come to hunt wild animals in the valley and come to worship the Sphinx. And this story that I'm telling you is written in a granite stela. It's called the dream stela, located now between the two poles of the Sphinx.

In the stela, it say that Thutmose IV was a prince and he came to have a nap beside the Sphinx. And the Sphinx came to him in dream and told him, my son, If you remove the sand away, I will make you the king of Egypt. Then he moved the sand and he came to a temple. He found a door. What year was this? This is 3000 years ago. Exactly.

In the stela, it say that Thutmose IV was a prince and he came to have a nap beside the Sphinx. And the Sphinx came to him in dream and told him, my son, If you remove the sand away, I will make you the king of Egypt. Then he moved the sand and he came to a temple. He found a door. What year was this? This is 3000 years ago. Exactly.

In the stela, it say that Thutmose IV was a prince and he came to have a nap beside the Sphinx. And the Sphinx came to him in dream and told him, my son, If you remove the sand away, I will make you the king of Egypt. Then he moved the sand and he came to a temple. He found a door. What year was this? This is 3000 years ago. Exactly.