Beyonce has come under fire for her lack of knowledge about ancient Egypt - by the country's Indiana Jones. Revered historian Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s chief Egyptologist, reportedly called the pop star a "stupid person" while speaking to journalists during Beyonce's recent tour of the Giza pyramids near Cairo. Reporter Summer al-Gamal says Hawass, who claims he inspired Harrison Ford's Raiders of The Lost Ark character, was annoyed by the pop star’s apparent lack of interest as she toured the ancient site.
According to Gamal, Hawass said, "I showed her the Sphinx and I gave her a book on King Tutankhamen," during his self-guided tour.
The reporter says, "Then he stopped being diplomatic and said in anger, 'She’s a stupid person and she doesn’t understand a thing and she doesn’t want to understand... She’s coming here to take pictures and that’s it.'"
Gamal has reported Hawass' comments in the al-Shorouk newspaper. The leading Egyptologist has yet to comment about the story
Earlier this week Beyonce stayed at the Lowry Hotel in England and had booked an extra room for her clothes and makeup.
A source tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "She had seven suitcases, three hand-luggage bags and two boxes, all for her mammoth gig.
"Beyonce doesn't do things by halves - especially where her performances are concerned. So in the cases there were apparently 14 dresses along with numerous pairs of shoes. Another box was full of make-up and the other had about 25 wigs in it."
(Wenn photo: President Barack Obama touring Egypt's Great Sphinx of Giza and the Pyramid of Khafre in Cairo, Egypt - June 2009)
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