The Gist
From all of the videos and interviews I have watched and listened to and taken notes, from a legal standpoint, NONE of these guys sound credible. They have changed their story too many times and if any thing, this will hurt them in Court. The more they speak, the worse their credibility gets. They have totally incriminated themselves. I thought the other interviews were pretty bad, this one is very bad.
Bauval, Görlitz and this Capricorn guy James Swagger....all very bias; Görlitz is confessing to crimes, blaming Hawass on the fact he got caught removing samples from the GP without permission. Says it should not be about politics, but that is mostly what they discuss....dumb, dumb, dumb stuff...........Bauval said he is not a Politician, yet he tells Görlitz that he will handle the politics....don't worry.
I understand what Zahi said, but he CLEARLY is not to blame for making those boys steal samples. Zahi assumed Bauval was involved and spoke too soon, but then he kept quiet; Bauval is assuming Zahi's behavior over the past 20 years and never shuts up.
Bauval says Zahi has made blatant lies before - Accused John West, Robert Schoch, John Fletcher -to name a few...........
This is interesting what Robert Schoch has to say about Zahi.........it contradicts what Bauval, Swagger and the lot of them say.
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"..............I can understand and be sympathetic to the predicament of the person who is in charge of the Giza Plateau, and whose responsibility it is to protect the monuments, namely Dr. Zahi Hawass. Despite all of the rumors that continue to fly, I honestly believe at first and foremost Dr. Hawass is trying to do his job as best he can."
"..............Likewise, as part of his responsibility of caring for the Egyptian antiquities, Dr. Hawass has to be careful and judicious in what research projects he allows and when. I know from experience that there are often many practical, economic (for instance, interfering with tourism, which is an important part of the Egyptian economy), and political reasons that he has for either allowing or not allowing certain research projects to take place at certain times. Despite what people may think and say, and I have heard plenty of anecdotal stories and rumors that even involve my own research and whether or not I was allowed to do this and that, I do not have any evidence that Dr. Hawass is purposefully restraining research because he is afraid of the results or discoveries of such research............."
Contradictions: I know when these guys need or want some thing they suck up to those whom are in a position of power. They say they do not want politics in Egypt so they can get on with their research.....well, that is a lot of what they play - "Politics on the Plateau."
Dominique Görlitz:
"It is possible to say that yet in the end Zahi Hawass is responsible for everything...."
About the graffiti Görlitz removed the paint from - he said he did not know what the graffiti meant: "I have no idea what it really means"................
The gist of what Görlitz stated: No one was aware of what I did...........The inspectors did not know what I was doing.......it was not their fault - blame Zahi ...........
Basically Görlitz said no one knew what he did before Zahi ratted on him and James Swagger says Görlitz sounds like a "Genuine level headed guy."
James Swagger:
"Zahi Hawass is part of the old regime and unfortunately he has dragged you into this whole scandal and made this into something else"......"At the end of the day it is for the good of science".....
Well, what good for science is it when Görlitz removes the paint and disfigures the markings not knowing what he was removing paint from and can't use the samples anyway? 10 (ten) locations now, first it was one, then it was 2, now it is 10 locations -including the King's Chamber......Where exactly are those supposed drawings of the ten locations Görlitz and his gang took samples from, are they posted for public view or are they private?
Now Görlitz says Erdmann has been in the GP at least 3 times with Zahi's permission, so Görlitz could not basically understand what he had done wrong by removing the samples; after all, it had been done before. Pleading ignorance of the Law and acting naive does not set you free. PERMISSION is the KEY WORD here..........it is not okay to go do some thing without permission because your partner at one time in the past received permission from Zahi. It labels the person who has removed material without permission a thief, and a non-trustworthy individual. Görlitz claims he is a businessman and has a family and would never put his family or any one in harm's way. Hypothetically, if you were looking at a Character Reference sheet on an individual with a history of this nature, would you hire that individual to work for you and entrust that fellow with accounting or inventory? How about allowing him into your home to baby sit?
Is Görlitz's partner Stefan Erdmann the fellow who can't be named for breaking the mortar and claiming the graffiti is authentic? Who is claiming this? Schoch, Stefan Erdmann? Who? None of those people have such high reputations that I am aware of and Bauval won't say.....Why does Bauval play such games?
Anyway, young James says:
"You guys have been noble........" "...........Noble from the very start."
"The truth is out......"
(NO, it is not............this is all getting too weird.....well, it started out weird, so I shouldn't expect for it not to get any weirder.)
This is truly a Hall of Ma'at weighing in matter.
Colette
Dr. Colette M. Dowell, N.D.
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