Acclaimed Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass announced the launching of a large-scale campaign by the "Zahi Hawass Foundation for Archaeology and Heritage” in September to retrieve Egyptian artifacts that are held abroad, particularly the bust of Nefertiti which is located in the Berlin Museum in Germany.
Hawass further explained that his foundation will work to achieve several targets to preserve heritage and archaeology.
Hawass previously stated that the opinions announced by a group of Afrocentrists inside the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir have no basis in truth and are fantasies.
He explained that the Black Kingdom of Kush ruled Egypt in 500 B.C., at the end of the Pharaonic civilization.
When the Kingdom of Kush ruled Egypt, it did not leave any impact, it was the Egyptian civilization that influenced those people.
Hawass added that there is an important fact they need to know: the depictions on Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the end of the Late Period show the King of Egypt in front of him are captives from Africa, Libya, Syria, and Palestine.
Hawass pointed out that we will find that the features of the Egyptian king are different and do not show any characteristics that suggest he was Black.
Hawass added that we are not against Black people at all, but we are against this group that entered the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to announce ideas that have no basis in truth.
Hawass clarified that the Afrocentric movement aims to create confusion by spreading false and misleading information that the origin of Egyptian civilization is Black.
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