Shards of a golden age October 2003 - Guardian
The French sought enlightenment in Egypt, the British wanted power. But neither could extract the country's riches, says Jonathan Jones As the invading army sweltered under the desert sun, their commander reminded his troops of the antiquity and beauty of the land they were about to occupy. "Soldiers, from the height of these pyramids, 40 centuries look down on you," declaimed Napoleon before the Battle of the Pyramids on July 21 1798.
In 1990, Hawass discovered the tombs of the thousands of laborers who actually built the pyramids of Giza. Not far from the Great Pyramid, these modest tombs have existed in the sand for just as long, but no one thought of looking for them until Hawass hypothesised their existence and location in 1987. Digs confirmed he was right.
As he has said, "the theories that the pyramids were built by people that came out of space, or the Jews or people from Atlantis have been disproved. The major discoveries that we made at Giza were the tombs of the pyramid builders which prove that the Egyptians built the pyramids and that they are the unique people who made this wonderful civilization." Egyptology flourished in the age of empire, but it is not an imperialist form of knowledge.
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December 4, 2002 - Discovery News
A new study conducted by the Supreme Council for Antiquities in Egypt has determined that the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza consists of one million limestone rocks.
The number is under half of the previously estimated amount of 2.3 million stones, indicating that the Egyptian pyramid builders were even more organized and efficient than previously thought.
Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council, said that the Great Pyramid was considered to be a national project that all Egyptians took part in, according to an Egyptian State Information Service report last week.
The report also mentioned that Hawass and his team analyzed the administrative organization and work scheme used in the construction of the 450-foot tall monument.
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