The guy is a tyrant as Michelle said. He's calm, intelligent, despotic, a good actor, revengeful and very dangerous. He's one of the most effective personalities who ruined the research freedom and open-minded studies in archaeology field, particularly in Egyptology. He has told to have strong ties with an oligarchy that's called PTB.

I have been watching him since the late 90's and in this period he banned and dismissed over a dozen scientists, researchers, scholars while keeping himself in power over the Egyptian antiquities. His "good mate" Mark Lehner is another "phenomenon" but this is a very long story. Summary: Zahi Hawass is not a kind of guy you'd want as an "adversary", particular...

The guy is a tyrant as Michelle said. He's calm, intelligent, despotic, a good actor, revengeful and very dangerous. He's one of the most effective personalities who ruined the research freedom and open-minded studies in archaeology field, particularly in Egyptology. He has told to have strong ties with an oligarchy that's called PTB.

I have been watching him since the late 90's and in this period he banned and dismissed over a dozen scientists, researchers, scholars while keeping himself in power over the Egyptian antiquities. His "good mate" Mark Lehner is another "phenomenon" but this is a very long story. Summary: Zahi Hawass is not a kind of guy you'd want as an "adversary", particularly if you are a scholar working in archaeology field. I repeat, he's dangerous. Period.