Zahi Hawass
Born: 1947-05-28 in Damietta, Egypt
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Cleopatra's Final Secret as Self
2023
2022
- King Tut: A Century of Secrets as Self
- Tut's Lost City Revealed as Self - Egyptologist
2020
- Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World as Self - Friend
2015
2011
- Egypt's Lost Cities as Self
- Egypt: What Lies Beneath as Self
2010
- Chasing Mummies as Self
- Riddles of the Sphinx as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
- King Tut Unwrapped
2008
- Egypt Unwrapped as Self
- The Lost Pyramid as Self
- Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries as Himself
- Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries as Self - Host
2007
- Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty as Self
2006
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire as Self
- Egypt's New Tomb Revealed as Himself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass)
2005
- King Tut's Final Secrets as Self - Egyptologist
1999
1997
- Legend of the Lost Tomb as Director of the Pyramids
- Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs as Maga