As further evidence of Ergen's shrewdness, Merrill Lynch's Jayant notes that Ergen got away without having to adhere to the breakup clause that required him to buy Hughes' 81% stake in satellite wholesaler PanAmSat (nasdaq: SPOT - news - people ), in the event the deal didn't go through.
Evans's shrewdness and determination, along with his willingness to spend freely, secured him the site against competition from French, Italian and American archaeologists, in a scramble among the Great Powers for a treasure trove to rival Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at Troy and Mycenae on the mainland.