Egypts Phoenix rises from the ashes

[jewel]

No one interviews Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s self-styled Indiana Jones of the east – he interviews himself, fist pounding on desk and spittle flying forth into the ether.

“Do I look like a minister to you? Of course not!” thunders the minister for antiquities, a man appointed by Hosni Mubarak to oversee his nation’s cultural riches and, improbably, the great survivor of this year’s dramatic revolution.

“I am not part of the old regime – I love Egypt, I love archaeology and I will never be a politician,” Hawass continues. “I’m a damned archaeologist through and through.”

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2011/05/eg ... -a-future/

[Glyphdoctor]

Of course he was part of the regime, as he was the one collecting the money for Suzanne Mubarak. He is damned though.

[TonyC]

I cannot see any reason for the claim he "rises from the ashes". The article was written in May last year when there was still talk of him as the great survivor. If he is staging yet another comeback, there is nothing in the link to indicate that!

[DIANA]

Surely he will never be allowed back. He was Mubarak's man, pure and simple.