Top 11 Quotes by Zahi Hawass

It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.

It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.

Heart, Tombs

Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.

Jobs, Love You, Passion

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.

Zahi Hawass

Osiris, Pyramids, Feet

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.

Zahi Hawass

Mean, Found, Crocodiles

"The king of the pharaohs" by Tim Radford, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2003.

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.

Zahi Hawass

Pyramids, People, Waiting

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

Zahi Hawass

Past, Thinking, Ideas

Zahi Hawass (2015). “Magic of the Pyramids: My adventures in Archeology”, p.28, Leonardo Paolo Lovari

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

Zahi Hawass

Civilization, Black, Elements

I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.

Zahi Hawass

Running, Egypt, Media