Dr. Zahi Hawass, an icon of Egyptology, said over an interview with the Italian channel 3 TV that he invites Italians to visit Egypt.
He added that he is still searching for the royal mummy of Queen Nefertiti, spouse of King Akhenaten, whose reign was dubbed as Amenhotep IV; he was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC.)
Dr. Hawass pointed out that he is attempting to find the royal mummy of Sen Ankh Amun, spouse of king Tutankhamun, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. He has, since the discovery of his intact tomb, been referred to colloquially as King Tut.
He talked about the opera of King Tutankhamun that will presented on opening the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) which coincides with the 100th anniversary of discovering tomb of King Tutankhamun.
He also mentioned the national project of studying the royal mummies of kings and queens of Ancient Egypt.
Directress of the Italian National Museum accompanied Dr Hawwas at a tour over the various halls of the museum.
Hawass expressed amazement of artifacts housed in the museum such as statues. It is worth to mention that the national museum was opened in 1903.
It is the oldest museum in Italy.
Dr. Hawass visited Perugia University where he watched a number of the rarest copies of books there.
Among those books were complete volumes of Description de l'Égypte (The Description of Egypt) authored by scientists and scholars of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria which occupied Egypt for three years (1789-1801).
The university houses book clubs of law, medicine and other subjects.
Dr. Hawass will give lectures to professorate and students of Perugia University next Sunday in presence of Roberto Jacobo, the best TV anchor in Italy.
Contributed by Ahmed Moamar
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