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Zahi Hawass
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Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist
Film & TV
Damietta, Egypt
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,…
Known for
- Cleopatra's Final Secret — Self2025
- Cleopatra2023
- Unknown: The Lost Pyramid — Self2023
- Orgullo de Quisqueya2023
- Secrets of Giza2023
- Last Secrets of the Great Sphinx of Giza — egyptolog2023
- King Tut: A Century of Secrets — Self2022
- Tut's Lost City Revealed — Self - Egyptologist2022
- Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs — Self2021
- Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission2021
via TMDB
Key facts
- President
- Hosni Mubarak
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Shafik
- Preceded by
- Office created
- Succeeded by
- Mohamed Ibrahim Ali
- Profession
- Egyptologist
- Born
- ( 1947-05-28 ) May 28, 1947 (age 79) , Damietta , Egypt
- Spouse
- Fekrya Hawass
- Alma mater
- University of Pennsylvania ( MA , PhD ), Cairo University , Alexandria University ( BA )
- Thesis
- The Funerary Establishments of Khufu, Khafra and Menkaura During the Old Kingdom (1987)
- Doctoral advisor
- David O'Connor , David P. Silverman
- Website
- hawasszahi .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Site en construction
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Damietta
- Educated at
- Alexandria University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Official website
- www.drhawass.com
- Image
- Zahi Hawass.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zahi Hawass
- date of birth
- 1947-05-28
- member of
- German Archaeological Institute
- name in native language
- زاهى حواس
- birth name
- زاهي عباس حواس
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Encyclopedic overview
Zahi Abass Hawass (Arabic: زاهي حواس; born May 28, 1947) is an Egyptian archaeologist, Egyptologist, and former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, a position he held twice. He has worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert and the Upper Nile Valley.
Early life
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