Happy Belated Birthday ZAHI

The Last Great Pharoah, His High Holiness of Awesome, The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, The Official Crypt Keeper, ViceRoy of Cultural Affairs, Egypt's Greatest Bad Ass, The One, The Only - Zahi Hawass celebrated turning 63 on May 28th.

In command of over 30,000 people, that are digging and digging for him, Dr. Hawass is one of a kind. Indiana Jones only wishes he had half the cool, half the brains and half the luck that this guy has in spades.

Ignoring the anti-semitism that runs like wildfire through his veins isn't easy, but if you don't he'll kick your ass!

That aside (somehow), Zahi Hawass gets the "Bad Motherfucker" wallet from Sam Jackson because he is one Bad Motherfucker.

Happy B'day Z

Here a few of his greatest quotes:

Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.

I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.

I will reveal the secrets behind these doors. (OMG! Don't make us get Gatenbrink on your ass, Zahi!)

It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.

It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery.

Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization. (You mean except for those giant pyramid thingys...?)

The sphinx will always have to be looked after.

Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold.

We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation. Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries. (You're so special, Zahi! Thank God you're around!)

When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world. (Yeah, right!)

AND THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL:

I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.

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