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.

Known For

The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Chasing Mummies

Al Frenga

Egypt Unwrapped

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission

Cleopatra's Final Secret

All Movies (24)

• Cleopatra's Final Secret2025 · as Self
• Orgullo de Quisqueya2023
• Unknown: The Lost Pyramid2023 · as Self
• Last Secrets of the Great Sphinx of Giza2023 · as egyptolog
• Cleopatra2023
• Secrets of Giza2023
• King Tut: A Century of Secrets2022 · as Self
• Tut's Lost City Revealed2022 · as Self - Egyptologist
• Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs2021 · as Self
• Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World2020 · as Self - Friend
• Egypt's Lost Cities2011 · as Self
• Egypt: What Lies Beneath2011 · as Self
• Riddles of the Sphinx2010 · as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
• The Lost Pyramid2008 · as Self
• Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries2008 · as Self - Host
• Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty2007 · as Self
• Egypt's New Tomb Revealed2006 · as Himself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass)
• Egypt: Engineering an Empire2006 · as Self
• King Tut's Final Secrets2005 · as Self - Egyptologist
• Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure2004
• Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt1999 · as Self
• Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs1997 · as Maga
• Legend of the Lost Tomb1997 · as Director of the Pyramids
• Egypt's Mystery Chamber—

All TV Shows (9)

• Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission2021
• The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery2019
• Al Frenga2015
• Chasing Mummies2010 · as Self
• King Tut Unwrapped2010
• Ancient Egypt Unearthed2009
• Ancient Egypt Unearthed2009 · as Cast
• Egypt Unwrapped2008 · as Self
• Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries2008 · as Himself