Dr Zahi Hawass' Hidden Treasure of the Cairo Museum's Basement

[BlueberryHearts]

I would feel the same way as he did uncovering a precious treasure from long ago.

[tdotwestdot1]

the way we have museums today do you think that ancient eygpt had places like this aswel.

[Bellybeard]

I really hope you have undestructable windows, bars and hardened Seel doors everywhere on that Museum. Making it impossible to get in without keys.

At Civil Unrest the Museums usually gets robbed.

Just look at Irak, the Baghdad Museum was completley emptied by the locals when the Americans came, and extremley old and valuabe treasures of humaitys history went forever lost to a crazy mob grabbing what they could... i lack of words of how extremley sad this is.

[anton1990]

What a fascinating man. I never get tired of his stories.

[Z1BABOUINOS]

The basement is marked with Greek letters?

24ΓΣ at 0:19

Strange...

[abo3isa]

@Z1BABOUINOS no this is our Arabic numerals system. The number 24 is ۲٤ in Arabic. Try to Google "eastern Arabic numerals" for more information

[guruartist]

Good idea Dr Hawass, the basement is like an Ali Baba treasure throve, and we all should be allowed to discover and marvel at its hidden secrets. My good friend Sabah, one of the most professional archaeologists at Cairo Museum, well done Sabah for all what you are doin, to help the world to continue witnessing the most wonderful culture the world ever knew and will know.

[acerb45666555]

i like archaeology and palaentology! I'll dig for both swords and t-rex fossils!

[MalcolmJHK]

Incredible that the Egyptians have so many artefacts they don't even know what to do with them all!

[ticazz]

no, we know what to do with them:P

[drinkythecrow]

I would love to tour the basements of the world's museums- I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of treasures and artworks that no one but curators ever lay eyes on...

[fewilde]

excellent.

[praddles]

No point keeping artefacts in a sealed box in a dusty old basement.. get them out in the open for everyone to enjoy!