Zahi Hawass
Acting
- Born:
- 1947-05-28
- 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
Filmography
Cleopatra's Final Secret
Orgullo de Quisqueya
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Last Secrets of the Great Sphinx of Giza
Cleopatra
Secrets of Giza
King Tut: A Century of Secrets
Tut's Lost City Revealed
Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery
Al Frenga
Egypt's Lost Cities
Egypt: What Lies Beneath
Chasing Mummies
King Tut Unwrapped
Riddles of the Sphinx
Ancient Egypt Unearthed
Egypt Unwrapped
The Lost Pyramid
Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Egypt's New Tomb Revealed
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
King Tut's Final Secrets
Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure
Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt
Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Legend of the Lost Tomb
Egypt's Mystery Chamber