A sample of the ransomware cyberattack on a laptop in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday. Credit Ritchie B. Tongo/European Pressphoto Agency
by Zahi Hawass | May 15, 2017 | Opinion, Technology
The path to a global outbreak on Friday of a ransom-demanding computer software (“ransomware”) that crippled hospitals in Britain — forcing the rerouting of ambulances, delays in surgeries and the shutdown of diagnostic equipment — started, as it often does, with a...
by Zahi Hawass | May 13, 2007 | Opinion
The world of the Pharaohs is undoubtedly one of charm and imagination. Despite the small number of tombs that have been discovered intact and untouched since burial, the world of the Pharaohs is still rich for the public’s imagination and writer’s...
by Zahi Hawass | May 8, 2007 | Opinion
When Zakaria Ghuneim opened the sarcophagus that had bean sealed for over 5,000 years inside King Sekhemkhet’s burial chamber in Saqqara only to find it empty, disappointment filled the chamber. Among those present were the then President Jamal Abdul Nasser and...
by Zahi Hawass | May 2, 2007 | Opinion
Does the curse of the Pharaohs really exist? Or is it simply a case of illusion and stories spread by people? To answer this question, let us relate some stories of the curse. The Solar Boats were discovered in May 1954 while Kamal al Mallakh and Anis Mansour were...
