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.
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
Filmography11 titles
Tut's Lost City Revealed
Cleopatra's Final Secret
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
King Tut: A Century of Secrets
The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Riddles of the Sphinx
The Lost Pyramid
Legend of the Lost Tomb
Chasing Mummies