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	Supreme Council of Antiquities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Part of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (commonly abbreviated SCA) is responsible for the conservation, protection and regulation of all antiquities and archaeological excavations in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
		The SCA was previously known as the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (commonly abbreviated EAO).
		The current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities is Dr Zahi Hawass (since 2002).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supreme_Council_of_Antiquities (129 words)

	Zahi Hawass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is currently the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities; prior to that, he was the Director of the Giza Plateau and has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley.
		Hawass is currently spearheading a movement to return many prominent Ancient Egyptian artifacts, such as the Rosetta Stone, to Egypt from collections around the globe in which they are in safekeeping.
		Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo told the press: If the British want to be remembered, if they want to restore their reputation, they should volunteer to return the stone because it is the icon of our Egyptian identity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zahi_Hawass (246 words)

	CBS News \| Scan Could Solve King Tut Mystery \| January 5, 2005 18:30:07
		Zahi Hawass, the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, left, exposes the 3,300-year-old mummy of the ancient King Tutankhamun to X-ray, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005 in Luxor, Egypt.
		CT imaging has been used for numerous Egyptian mummies in the past, including one of famed pharoah Ramses I. It also was used on the 5,200-year-old remains of a Copper Age man found frozen in 1991 in a glacier in the northern Italian Alps.
		Egyptian officials had previously announced they were planning the tests, but did not give a date and did not inform most media ahead of time.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/01/05/tech/printable665063.shtml (1018 words)

	Latest Egyptian Antiquity News
		The skeleton was found in a seated position, facing eastwards and with the skull tilted upwards.
		US Asks For Report On Stolen Antiquities May 14, 2002 - The New York Attorney asked Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), to set up a committee of Egyptian archaeologists to provide a report to the American court next week on the value of stolen pieces.
		Zahi Hawass declared in an interview when he took over as Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) last month that more sites in Egypt would be opened to provide alternative attractions for tourists, and to relieve the pressure on the most frequently visited monuments.
	www.rense.com /general25/egy.htm (372 words)

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		Zahi Hawass, the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, left, stands alongside the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tutankhamun in this Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005 file photo.
		Hawass said Tuesday, March 8, 2005 that the results of the CT scan on King Tuts mummy indicate he was not murdered, but may have suffered a badly broken leg shortly before his death.
		Zahi Hawass, secretary general if the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the results of the CT scan about two months after it was performed on Tut's mummy.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=33622 (792 words)

	News Bulletin - 11 November 1999 - The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities
		Egyptian architects and restorers worked thoroughly during one year in order to remove visitors' graffiti from the inner walls of the first and second chambers that have been completely cleaned.
		The European Institute of the Under Water Monuments together with the Supreme Council of Archaeology had discovered the remains of Napoleon's ships that had faced Nelson's during the famous battle led in Abukir in August 1798.
		A museum is part of a large plan to exhibit the underwater findings whether they belong to the Ancient Egyptian Civilization as attested by the sphinx statues taken out of the water or the Graeco-Roman temple found there.
	www.guardians.net /sca/bulletin11-22-99.htm (721 words)

	Archaeology Watch: 4000-year-old tomb of Egyptian official unearthed at Saqqara ... youregypt.com
		The discovery was made public last week by a statement from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.
		The tomb is a rectangular-shape building with false doors, a chapel and a burial chamber decorated with scenes showing aspects of the deceased’s life with his family and at some scenes appearing with deities, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni was quoted to say in the statement.
		Meanwhile, the chief of Egyptian antiquities, Zahi Hawas, said the tomb was found under a dense layers of rubbles in which they found remains of mummies, wooden coffins, skeletons and potteries dating back to later periods, specifically the Late Egyptian Period, Ptolemaic and Greco-Roman periods.
	www.youregypt.com /issue1/archaeology.htm (236 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| Unearthing the 'master key'
		The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities' (SCA) team that made the find said it represented significant new evidence that another Amun-Re temple lies in the ruins of the ancient city of Tel-Basta.
		Mohamed Abdel- Maqsoud, head of the SCA's Lower Egypt antiquities department, said the new discovery adds even more historical significance to Tel-Basta, which was once Egypt's ancient capital as well as the main cult centre of the cat goddess Bastet, the deity of joy and happiness.
		Tel-Basta is a major tourist attraction, thanks to the red granite temple of the cat goddess Bastet, which was originally documented by the historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/652/eg4.htm (415 words)

	Egypt: News Briefs at June 27, 2001, Egypt Antiquity News
		The Egyptian Supreme Council For Antiquities (SCA) has decided upon the design of new Ramsis II Museum which is going to be built in Badra Shane, Giza.
		Nabil Behady, General Manager of Antiquities for Imam El- Shafae, requested that the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) to interfere and stop the decision of re- locating of a busy microbus stop from the Sayeda Aisha district to an proposed area behind the ancient Magra El- Oyon Wall.
		All the antiquities discovered were carefully documented and taken to the antiquity storage houses in Rashid.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/newstoday06272001.htm (1180 words)

	French Archaeologists Find Mystery Passage In Great Pyramid
		But Gilles Dormion, an architect, and Jean-Yves Verd'hurt, a retired property agent, have so far been refused permission by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to follow up their findings and, they hope, prove the room's existence.
		The portcullis blocks were large granite slabs that the ancient Egyptians lowered into the corridor leading to the king's funeral chamber, via a system of cords descending from above, to seal it after his burial.
		Mr Verd'hurt describes his "absolute frustration" at the Supreme Council of Antiquities' refusal to authorise further investigations, for which they have offered him no explanation.
	www.rense.com /general57/passa.htm (1030 words)

	ASR: Egytology Links
		Egyptian Antiquity Information: Links to the history of Egypt, Egyptian monuments, Egyptian mythology and a glossary of terms.
		Egyptian Archaeology This website is maintained by archaeologist Donald P. Ryan (who is at Pacific Lutheran University, when he's not excavating in Egypt).
		Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom: Information on the tombs, including diagrams, and a history of excavation.
	www.mpmbooks.com /amelia/EGYPTOL.HTM (1025 words)

	Legend of ‘mummy’s curse’ reawakened - Science - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Zahi Hawass, the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, center, checks the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tutankhamun at his tomb in Luxor, Egypt, on Wednesday before exposing it to X-rays.
		An Egyptian team carried out the CT scan in the Valley of the Kings near the southern town of Luxor on Wednesday evening in an attempt to find out how Tutankhamun died — one of the abiding mysteries in the history of ancient Egypt.
		Hawass, chairman of the Egyptian government’s Supreme Council for Antiquities, said the mummy was in very poor condition because of the tools Carter used to pry off the golden mask, one of the best-known treasures found in the tomb.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/6799098 (670 words)

	Eternal Egypt - About Eternal Egypt
		The Supreme Council of Antiquities is the Government Body, in Egypt, concerned with - and responsible for - all aspects of running the Cultural Heritage of the Country; being in charge of its welfare, management, protection, conservation, preservation, exhibiting, documentation, research and media presentation.
		The Six SCA Sectors are: The General Secretariat Sector, The Egyptian (Pharaonic) and Graeco-Roman Antiquities Sector, The Coptic and Islamic Antiquities Sector, The Antiquities and Museum Financial Support Fund Sector, The General Projects Sector and The Museums Sector.
		The latter was transformed into the present Supreme Council of Antiquities; by virtue of the Presidential Decree Number 82 of the year 1994.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.about&language_id=1&link_key=7 (443 words)

	Results of Tutankhamen scan revea
		This examination is part of a research project being conducted by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
		Inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb, Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, and a team of Egyptian researchers examine the 3,300-year-old mummy as it is removed from its sarcophagus prior to being CT-scanned on Jan. 5, 2005.
		Zahi Hawass (left), head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, looks on as the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tutankhamun is prepared for scanning.
	www.mtbeurope.co.uk /news/2005/503007.htm (450 words)

	infos: egyptian antiquities zahi hawas
		The Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary General Zahi Hawas inspected the Jewelry Museum in Alexandria.
		Committee of the Egyptian-French Centre under Dr. Zahi Hawas, Secretary -General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and in the presence of...
		attended by an Egyptian delegation led by the Minster of Culture Farouk Hosni and Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas.
	www.cdvs.de /egyptian_antiquities_zahi_hawas.html (248 words)

	Long Skull, Narrow Face: Tut Gets New Look - New York Times
		Pictures of Tutankhamen's reconstructed face and head were released yesterday by Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo.
		Before the artists began their work, Egyptian and international experts in anatomy, pathology and radiology, led by Dr. Madiha Khattab, dean of medicine at Cairo University, spent two months analyzing the CT images.
		The show was organized by the Egyptian antiquities council and the National Geographic Society, which will feature the Tut reconstruction in the June issue of its magazine.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/05/11/science/11tut.html?ex=1273464000&en=221dfda3784fc4cb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (979 words)

	al-Qarah al-Hamra
		As in antiquity the area is again under development for agriculture and parts of the town have disappeared under olive groves.
		To participate in a field school explaining modern archaeological techniques to selected inspectors of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.
		A team of inspectors of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and scholars from Egypt and abroad, directed by Dr. Willeke Wendrich (UCLA, USA) and Dr. René Cappers (University of Groningen, the Netherlands).
	www.barnard.nl /egypt/hamra.html (267 words)

	electric sheep - news - Egyptian archaelogists find oldest evidence of mummification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Egyptian archaeologists opened a 5,000-year-old wooden coffin in the desert near Cairo to find a pile of bones which they say shows the oldest evidence found so far of human mummification in Egypt.
		But the most important thing (is) that we can see the evidence of mummification for the first time is clear on the skeleton because of a resin and it's clear on the skin of the person," said Dr Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.
		The coffin was found in one of more than 20 mud-brick tombs, said to have belonged to officials who had lived under the first ancient Egyptian dynasty.
	www.elektrik-sheep.com /story/EpuAElkFpANMFQsZmH.shtml (181 words)

	Ryan-Egyptian Archeology
		With the kind permission of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (now the Supreme Council for Antiquities) I have had the privilege of directing several seasons of archaeological work and conservation studies in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in the south of Egypt.
		Robbed in antiquity, it was discovered at the turn of the century, found to be of limited interest, reburied, and its location subsequently lost.
		Our expedition dedicated a special study season to address these questions and we are pleased that the Supreme Council of Antiquities and others are continuing similar practical efforts for the long-term preservation of these monuments.
	www.plu.edu /~ryandp/egypt.html (973 words)

	Discovery Channel :: News :: Ancient Pharaoh's Statue Found
		The forehead bears the emblem of a cobra, which pharaohs wore on the crown as a protective symbol: they believed that the cobra would spit fire at enemies.
		It is also blocked by the remnants of the stone portal, which would have to be dismantled and then restored in order to bring the statue to light.
		According to reports in the Egyptian press on Monday, the statue might be left in its current place as it could disintegrate on removal.
	dsc.discovery.com /news/briefs/20050606/egyptstatue.html (445 words)

	Hopkins in Egypt Today
		The Supreme Council of Antiquities supervises all fieldwork research in Egypt and also monitors and preserves the ancient monuments.
		Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council, directs and helps to guide the mission of the organization.
		She will be doing research at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and the site will cover some of her study there.
	www.jhu.edu /~neareast/egypttoday.html (555 words)

	NPR : Head Blow Did Not Kill King Tut, CT Scan Suggests
		Inside King Tut's tomb, Zahi Hawass (center), head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, looks on as the 3,300-year-old mummy is removed from its sarcophagus, Jan. 5, 2005.
		This past January, a group led by the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, briefly removed King Tut's mummy from its tomb to examine the body with computerized scanning machines.
		Egyptian scientists agree that it might have been murder -- by poisoning, for example.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4273700 (463 words)

	Cairo/Giza - Wikitravel
		Giza (الجيزة al-Gīza) is an important western district of the Egyptian capital Cairo - a city in its own right, but for a long time now absorbed as part of the heavily-populated and sprawling Cairo metropolis.
		The three main Pyramids of Giza are the focal point of the Giza necropolis, or cemetery, that served the elite of the Old Kingdom capital of Egypt at nearby Memphis during the mid to late 4th Dynasty (late 3rd millennium BCE).
		NB: not all the Pyramids are equally accessible for interior exploration, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities closing them to the public at least one at a time for conservation and renovation measures [2] (http://www.guardians.net/hawass/reopening_of_the_pyramid_of_khafre.htm).
	wikitravel.org /en/Cairo/Giza (1532 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- King Tut did not die a violent death, forensic tests show
		Zahi Hawass, the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, left, stands alongside the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tutankhamun.
		CAIRO, Egypt – King Tut wasn't murdered by a blow to the head, nor was his chest crushed in an accident.
		Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the study allowed him to rule out violent death, but left him with no idea how Tut died.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050308-1454-kingtut.html (869 words)

	Arabic News Daily Page for 12/5/2001
		The Hungarian expedition for antiquities, assigned by Gaballah Ali Gaballah, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities (ESCA) to perform excavations in the Eastern Desert, was able to discover several ancient mines of outstanding importance.
		Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher Tuesday held an expanded meeting with Egyptian community in the United States at the premises of the Egyptian Consulate in New York.
		Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on Egypt's participation in the 25th session of International Conference for Protecting World Heritage, organized by UNESCO in the capital of Finland Helsinki on December 6-16 with the participation of 122 countries.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/011205/DP.html (148 words)

	Swiss News: Cultural Bounty in Basel: from ancient antiquities associated with the mysterious boy pharaoh Tutankhamen ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cultural Bounty in Basel: from ancient antiquities associated with the mysterious boy pharaoh Tutankhamen to mutually enriching friendships between 20th-century artists, no other European city can equal Basel this summer in terms of the quality and diversity of exhibitions on view.(Art and Culture)
		Billed as the most important exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts to be seen in Europe for over 20 years, "Tutankhamen: The Golden Beyond" at Basel's Antiken-museum is the result of intensive negotiations, which overruled a parliamentary vote forbidding the loan of relics from the tomb of Tutankhamen to other countries.
		The Egyptian's Supreme Council of Antiquities finally agreed to the loan for purely practical reasons: they need money for necessary museum construction and hope to attract more tourists.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:119267607&refid=holomed_1 (254 words)

	EXN.ca \| History
		With the help of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities - the top archeology body of the Egyptian government - Goddio's team developed an electronic underwater map of the area to help them find the ruins.
		The cities were built in the 7th or 6th Century BC, during the waning days of the Pharaohs, which ended when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC.
		In their survey of the area, archeologists were stunned to find preserved houses, port infrastructure as well as temples and giant statues paying tribute to both Egyptian and Greek gods.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/2000/06/05/55.asp (663 words)

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