Zahi Hawass
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.
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Movies (22)
Cleopatra's Final Secret
as Self
2025
Orgullo de Quisqueya
2023
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
as Self
2023
Cleopatra
2023
Secrets of Giza
2023
King Tut: A Century of Secrets
as Self
2022
Tut's Lost City Revealed
as Self - Egyptologist
2022
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
as Self
2021
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Friend
2020
Egypt's Lost Cities
as Self
2011
Egypt: What Lies Beneath
as Self
2011
Riddles of the Sphinx
as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
2010
The Lost Pyramid
as Self
2008
Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
as Self - Host
2008
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
as Self
2007
Egypt's New Tomb Revealed
as Himself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass)
2006
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
as Self
2006
King Tut's Final Secrets
as Self - Egyptologist
2005
Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure
2004
Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt
as Self
1999
Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs
as Maga
1997
Legend of the Lost Tomb
as Director of the Pyramids
1997
