As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.
– Zahi Hawass
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
If I believe in reincarnation, I would love to be Khufu!
– Zahi Hawass
Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization.
– Zahi Hawass
We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
– Zahi Hawass
When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world.