my impression is that he’s mostly concerned with attracting tourists rather than doing science. Hence his sensational statements to the media about Khufu’s “undiscovered” burial chamber (and now the mr. beast thing I guess)
I do not respect the huslte. More and more history disappears in front of our eyes every single day due to tourism and vandalism while scientists are constantly barred from preserving this history. It’s really depressing to see
To be fair to Dr. Hawass, a lot of his work is actually around preventing archeological sites from degrading and getting vandalised. Dude is undoubtedly a media whore but he’s done a lot of good for the state of antiquities in Egypt.
In interviews, several Egyptologists said that most of what Dr. Hawass was doing for their field was long overdue, things as simple as installing air conditioning at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. He has instituted zoning around major antiquity sites and built visitor centers to prevent further degradation. He also has plans to build regional museums in Egypt, including a sprawling new structure beside the pyramids.
In addition, Dr. Hawass has pushed through a law making antiquity theft a serious crime, and he has limited excavation of new sites in favor of conserving old sites and artifacts. “I made rules for people to follow, for the first time,” he said. “People don’t like this.”
“People don’t like dramatic changes,” Dr. Hawass said. “But I am well trained, and I believe Egypt antiquities needs this passion. I know who my enemies are, and I don’t care. They are the amateurs who want to drill in the pyramids, and the antiquities dealers we put in jail. The failures who do nothing in their lives. They don’t like success in general.”
I don’t know that he’s problematic necessarily, just that he’s one of the most well known egyptologists so of course mr beast “donated” some huge sum to get him to personally lead it
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Oh no, is Dr. Hawass problematic? I used to love Egypt stuff as a kid and he was in everything about it
my impression is that he’s mostly concerned with attracting tourists rather than doing science. Hence his sensational statements to the media about Khufu’s “undiscovered” burial chamber (and now the mr. beast thing I guess)
gotta respect the hustle
I do not respect the huslte. More and more history disappears in front of our eyes every single day due to tourism and vandalism while scientists are constantly barred from preserving this history. It’s really depressing to see
To be fair to Dr. Hawass, a lot of his work is actually around preventing archeological sites from degrading and getting vandalised. Dude is undoubtedly a media whore but he’s done a lot of good for the state of antiquities in Egypt.
Per https://archive.is/MbK19#selection-2215.0-2215.357
extremely respectable hustle
I don’t know that he’s problematic necessarily, just that he’s one of the most well known egyptologists so of course mr beast “donated” some huge sum to get him to personally lead it