Hawass Gives Lecture on Pharaohs' Secrets in Cairo University

Egyptian prominent archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass gave a lecture at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University on Monday.

Addressing the students, Hawass also talked about the recent archaeological discoveries made by the Ministry of Antiquities.

Hawass said: “We are now searching for Imhotep’s tomb in Saqqara,, and we are also looking for Queen Nefertiti in Luxor.”

Hawass explained the details of the new archaeological discoveries in the Saqqara area, next to the pyramid of King Teti, noting that the Egyptian mission found a 5-meter-long papyrus, some toys, boats, wooden masks, and a painting and the he coffins of the modern state.

He talked about the lost golden city in Luxor, which dates back to the reign of King Amenhotep III, and continued to be used by Tutankhamun, it dates back to 3000 years ago, adding that this city was the largest administrative and industrial settlement in the era of the Egyptian Empire on the western bank of Luxor.