(MENA News Agency, 30 March 2011)
Zahi Hawass, after stepping down early in the month, is re-appointed
as minister of antiquities following a meeting with Egypt PM.
Zahi Hawass, chief of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced
that he had been re-appointed as Minister of Antiquities following a
meeting with Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Wednesday.
Hawass first took up the newly-created post in the cabinet when
ex-president Hosni Mubarak installed him late in January.
After a number of artefacts had been declared missing in the wake of
the 25 January revolution the Egyptian archaeologist had stepped down
from his post.
Zahi Hawass, after stepping down early in the month, is re-appointed
as minister of antiquities following a meeting with Egypt PM.
Zahi Hawass, chief of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced
that he had been re-appointed as Minister of Antiquities following a
meeting with Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Wednesday.
Hawass first took up the newly-created post in the cabinet when
ex-president Hosni Mubarak installed him late in January.
After a number of artefacts had been declared missing in the wake of
the 25 January revolution the Egyptian archaeologist had stepped down
from his post.
