Let Zahi Hawass be your guide to the marvels and mysteries of ancient Egypt!
Is there a curse? What Dr. Hawass explains is that first of all royal tombs rarely had a curse inscribed on their walls. It was tombs of lesser persons which sometimes had warning on the walls and yet these warning were only for those who treated the tombs with disrespect. In other words they surely would not be aimed at archaeologists who came to glorify the names of those who died, who came with respect, and who came to learn. Instead the curses were aimed at those who came to pillage the places of the dead and who came to steal the funeral goods -they were intended for robbers and looters.
Dr. Hawass shows us how false many of the so called curse rumors were and reminds us that archaeology is a dangerous business. It is to be expected that an archaeologist is going to be threatened with injuries, snakes, falling rubble, illness and other hazards - it is an expected part of the job. Dr Hawass himself has experienced quite a few adventures which some would explain away by saying that the curse is at work and yet there is a perfectly rational explanation for every one of the events except for maybe a few. In these cases he does not pretend to have the answers and is willing to accept that it possible that some "magic" of the ancient peoples may be reaching out across the centuries and yet he does not feel that it is malevolent, quite the contrary. Whenever this extraordinary man has felt touched by the people of the past in some personal way he has always considered it to be a gesture of friendship and he has not been frightened by it.
This exceptional personal account of a life's work, of a mystery, and of a period and place in history that has fascinated thousands, is highly readable and both entertaining and educational. We learn about digs, kings, and workers. We learn that the ancient Egyptians believed in their own curses and why. In a convivial one-on-one style of writing which suggests a chat over a cup of coffee, Dr. Hawass shares his love of archaeology with us and clarifies "the curse" mystery, taking away the fear and helping us put the stories in the correct context.
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