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Zahi Hawass

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Zahi Hawass

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 28, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Damietta, Egypt

Biography

Zahi Hawass (Arabic: زاهي حواس‎; born May 28, 1947) is an Egyptian archaeologist, an Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley. Hawass has received widespread publicity internationally, and was the subject of a reality television series in the United States, Chasing Mummies. His views and links to business ventures and the Mubarak regime have engendered controversy. In connection with the awarding of a gift shop contract at the Egyptian Museum and alleged smuggling of antiquities, he was sentenced to a prison term, which was later lifted.

Known For

Acting
2025Cleopatra's Final SecretSelf
2023Cleopatra
2023Unknown: The Lost PyramidSelf
2023Orgullo de Quisqueya
2023Secrets of Giza
2022King Tut: A Century of SecretsSelf
2022Tut's Lost City RevealedSelf - Egyptologist
2021Valley of the Kings: The Lost TombsSelf
2021Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission
2020Omar Sharif: Citizen of the WorldSelf - Friend
2019The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery
2015Al Frenga
2011Egypt: What Lies BeneathSelf
2011Egypt's Lost CitiesSelf
2010Riddles of the SphinxSelf - Supreme Council of Antiquities
2010Chasing MummiesSelf
2010King Tut Unwrapped
2009Ancient Egypt Unearthed
2009Ancient Egypt UnearthedCast
2008The Lost PyramidSelf
2008Egypt's Ten Greatest DiscoveriesSelf - Host
2008Egypt UnwrappedSelf
2008Egypt's Ten Greatest DiscoveriesHimself
2007Nefertiti and the Lost DynastySelf
2006Egypt: Engineering an EmpireSelf
2006Egypt's New Tomb RevealedHimself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass)
2005King Tut's Final SecretsSelf - Egyptologist
2004Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure
1999Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from EgyptSelf
1997Egypt: Secrets of the PharaohsMaga
1997Legend of the Lost TombDirector of the Pyramids
-Egypt's Mystery Chamber