Egyptology: Zahi Hawass confirms resignation

Recommend Egypt's chief antiquities official, Zahi Hawass, has confirmed his resignation late this week from his post, amid political turmoil and the looting of antiquities. Conservation work at the Sphinx -- Behind Hawass, you can see the current conservation work on the Great Sphinx.

Hawass is well-known for his role in Egyptological investigations and overseas exhibitions, appearing in documentaries and recently concluding an agreement with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to return artifacts to his country. He had headed Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities for about a decade.

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