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Hawass Said NOT Suspended - Hunter Claims Termed
"Great Disservice"
From Stig Agermose
4-12-98
 
Statement From John Anthony West And Graham Hancock May 17, 1998
 
 
We're releasing this statement following our participation in a one-week conference on the mysteries of ancient Egypt. The conference was held on board the MS Statendam cruising from Vancouver to Alaska and back. The other speakers at the conference were Dr Zahi Hawass, Director of the Giza Plateau, Dr E.C. Krup, Director of the Griffiths Observatory, Los Angeles, and Dannion Brinkley, author and explorer of the afterlife. The conference was organised by Visions Travel Ltd., of Los Angeles and moderated by radio talk show host Art Bell.
 
During the course of spirited debate a posting on the internet was brought to our attention by Art Bell. The posting had been written by Larry Hunter and Amargi Hillier and asserted falsely that Dr Zahi Hawass had been fired from his post by the Egyptian government. We are aware that this posting is one of many by Mr Hunter and his friend Boris Said which have misrepresented the truth concerning Dr Hawass and indeed slandered him.
 
As is widely known we ourselves have had serious differences with Dr Hawass over many years. However over the past six months we have been engaged in a civil and increasingly amiable dialogue with Dr Hawass.
 
This dialogue has convinced us that our differences with him, however acrimoniously expressed, were largely due to mutual misperceptions. We therefore feel it incumbent on ourselves to set the record straight and to assure all who are interested in these matters that the statements made by Hunter & Co are utterly false, misleading and malicious and, most important of all, are backed by no evidence whatsoever.
 
We would like to state, for the record, that while our disagreements with Dr Hawass over matters Egyptological still continue, we are in the process of exploring them with him in depth with the kind of civil and courteous debate that are appropriate for science and scholarship. We are now absolutely convinced that the precious monuments of the Giza plateau could not be in better hands than those of Dr Hawass. We have seen him at work. We have seen his passion and genuine love for the pyramids and the Sphinx. And we have seen that above all else he is determined to ensure the preservation of these monuments for the future. There are no conspiracies. There are no hidden finds. There is no skulduggery. And we challenge Larry Hunter and his colleagues to produce one shred of documentable evidence that will support their assertions.
 
We have met and talked at length to Mr Hunter, who has frequently attempted to engage us in his agenda. We have reviewed his claims to have special access to and knowledge of the monuments of Giza and found these claims to be utterly without substance. We fully respect Larry Hunter's right to access the internet. We fully support everybody's right to access the internet. But in our considered opinion Larry Hunter's postings are the Egyptological equivalent of child pronography and are a great disservice to all of us who genuinely seek to unravel the mysteries of Egypt.
 
Signed John Anthony West and Graham Hancock
 
posted by Lew Jenkins lew@book.net



Sources high in the Egyptian Government have revealed a most startling development in the occupational status of Dr. Zahi Hawass. On March 17-24, 1998 - we, Larry Hunter and Amargi Hillier, while on assignment in Egypt working on an upcoming "Hall of Osiris" story, were asked by an honorable Egyptian government person, with responsibilities related to the safety of Egypt's #1 tourist site - the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx - to be his guest. While in his company, we were informed of a most interesting development regarding the occupational position of Dr. Hawass.
 
What Dr. Zahi Hawass doesn't want you to know is that a secret document, signed by a very high Egyptian Government official, orders his suspension as Director General of the Giza Plateau. The document revokes Dr. Hawass' signature authority concerning the monuments of Giza for a time period of at least six months, and also orders his transfer to a temporary position with the Sound and Light Show.
 
During this time, Dr. Hawass has been instructed to remove himself from his office and take up his new position at Sound and Lights. However, Dr. Hawass, with the assistance and protection of the highest antiquity official, Farouk Hosney - Chairman of Antiquities, Minister of Culture - is not complying with the orders of the higher Egyptian Government Authority. Dr. Hawass is continuing to act as the Director General of the Giza Plateau and is still signing documents. During a time that he is reportedly no longer the director, Dr. Hawass continues to suggest to the world that he is.
 
Is this not a classic case of obstruction of justice of a high Egyptian official? For the suspension is related to an official investigation into possible criminal activities by Dr. Zahi Hawass related to Egyptian antiquities.
 
This news flash, hopefully, will provide for you a first and groundbreaking peek at the corruption and deception of a man who will soon be under the probing spotlight of the Egyptian and world media, as well as his own government. This is the first match to be struck in an effort to shed light on the truth about what is really going on in Egypt. The light is now on you Dr. Zahi Hawass. Stay tuned for the 2nd match to be struck which will ignite the next most startling and disturbing truth. God's light will soon be shining bright, exposing the truth concerning his city and his ancient monuments.


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