Zahi Hawass

Yes. This is why Herodotus, the father of history, when he came to Egypt in the middle of the fifth century B.C., he never talked about the Sphinx because it's completely under the sand. Then when Thutmose the fourth came, he took the sand away and he found that the old kingdom casing blocks are falling down. He put them back. And he went to the Sphinx, a temple nearby.

Yes. This is why Herodotus, the father of history, when he came to Egypt in the middle of the fifth century B.C., he never talked about the Sphinx because it's completely under the sand. Then when Thutmose the fourth came, he took the sand away and he found that the old kingdom casing blocks are falling down. He put them back. And he went to the Sphinx, a temple nearby.

Yes. This is why Herodotus, the father of history, when he came to Egypt in the middle of the fifth century B.C., he never talked about the Sphinx because it's completely under the sand. Then when Thutmose the fourth came, he took the sand away and he found that the old kingdom casing blocks are falling down. He put them back. And he went to the Sphinx, a temple nearby.

He took this granite stele as a door and he wrote this story in it. But we found there is something politics in that story. He killed his elder brother, who was supposed to be the king of Egypt. And he wrote this story to tell the Egyptian that, The God, Hor Im Akhet, Horus of the Horizon. It chose me to be the king of Egypt. Then they will forgive the crime that he did.

He took this granite stele as a door and he wrote this story in it. But we found there is something politics in that story. He killed his elder brother, who was supposed to be the king of Egypt. And he wrote this story to tell the Egyptian that, The God, Hor Im Akhet, Horus of the Horizon. It chose me to be the king of Egypt. Then they will forgive the crime that he did.

He took this granite stele as a door and he wrote this story in it. But we found there is something politics in that story. He killed his elder brother, who was supposed to be the king of Egypt. And he wrote this story to tell the Egyptian that, The God, Hor Im Akhet, Horus of the Horizon. It chose me to be the king of Egypt. Then they will forgive the crime that he did.

When that stone, it fell down in 1988, a big fight happened between the head of antiquities and the menace of culture. Ended by firing the head of antiquities. It's politics. But I stayed 10 years. When people ask me about the best thing that I did in my life, I say two things. Number one, that I restored the Sphinx. I brought the proportion of the Sphinx back.

When that stone, it fell down in 1988, a big fight happened between the head of antiquities and the menace of culture. Ended by firing the head of antiquities. It's politics. But I stayed 10 years. When people ask me about the best thing that I did in my life, I say two things. Number one, that I restored the Sphinx. I brought the proportion of the Sphinx back.

When that stone, it fell down in 1988, a big fight happened between the head of antiquities and the menace of culture. Ended by firing the head of antiquities. It's politics. But I stayed 10 years. When people ask me about the best thing that I did in my life, I say two things. Number one, that I restored the Sphinx. I brought the proportion of the Sphinx back.

And I restored the oldest pyramid in Egypt, the steep pyramid. It was falling down. In 14 years, I made major important conservation and restoration. And I tell people, why do I have to fight all the time about the age of the pyramid? We have to fight. We have to cooperate, all of us, to restore these monuments. And the most important thing for me always is conservation.

And I restored the oldest pyramid in Egypt, the steep pyramid. It was falling down. In 14 years, I made major important conservation and restoration. And I tell people, why do I have to fight all the time about the age of the pyramid? We have to fight. We have to cooperate, all of us, to restore these monuments. And the most important thing for me always is conservation.

And I restored the oldest pyramid in Egypt, the steep pyramid. It was falling down. In 14 years, I made major important conservation and restoration. And I tell people, why do I have to fight all the time about the age of the pyramid? We have to fight. We have to cooperate, all of us, to restore these monuments. And the most important thing for me always is conservation.

And I dedicate most of my life not only to the excavation, but to conservation.

And I dedicate most of my life not only to the excavation, but to conservation.

And I dedicate most of my life not only to the excavation, but to conservation.

I never heard of this.

I never heard of this.

I never heard of this.

No, it's only new. It's a theory from the new age.

No, it's only new. It's a theory from the new age.