Zahi Hawass is back...temporarily

After being abruptly sacked in an overhaul of the country's cabinet, Zahi Hawass has been reinstated, but only temporarily."The Fall of Zahi Hawass"Removed as minister of antiquities, the high profile archaeologist no longer holds the keys to 5,000 years of Egyptian historyby Andrew LawlerJuly 18th, 2011Smithsonian[Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect developments after Hawass

Dissolution of Egypt's Antiquities Ministry

It appears that Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities will not exist as a separate entity and to be placed under the control by the cabinet and operated by the current secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud. Thus, Zahi Hawass is out of a job.Wael El-Samari [Youm 7]...Egypt’s Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs was not listed in the details of this