I think very little of Hawass but Bauval's theory should be made a Swiss citizen because there are so many holes in it. In fact it is a joke. I really can't believe it is still trying to be debated seriously after all these years. I wonder if anyone remembers that he predicted he would find the other stars represented on the ground. That never came to pass. As to being a crook Clive Ross always maintained Bauval had stolen his idea from Clive

"There is nothing as impenetrable as a closed mind"
and ..." if everything is a coincidence what is the point of studying or measuring or analyzing anything ?" db