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Biography
Zahi Abass Hawass 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru · 2011
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Grand Officer of the Order of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon
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- honorary doctor of the University of Lisbon
- honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania
- Officer of Arts and Letters
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Order of Arts and Letters
- Order of Merit
- Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class
- Silver Medal — Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
Filmography12 titles
Tut's Lost City Revealed
2022as Self - Egyptologist
2022as Self - Egyptologist
Cleopatra's Final Secret
2025as Self
2025as Self
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
2021as Self
2021as Self
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
2023as Self
2023as Self
King Tut: A Century of Secrets
2022as Self
2022as Self
The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery
2019
2019
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020as Self - Friend
2020as Self - Friend
Riddles of the Sphinx
2010as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
2010as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
The Lost Pyramid
2008as Self
2008as Self
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997as Director of the Pyramids
1997as Director of the Pyramids
Chasing Mummies
2010as Self
2010as Self
Secrets of Giza
2023
2023