Zahi Hawass
Known for ActingBorn 1947-05-28Damietta, Egypt
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
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
2023 · as Self
Cleopatra's Final Secret
2025 · as Self
Last Secrets of the Great Sphinx of Giza
2023 · as egyptolog
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997 · as Director of the Pyramids
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020 · as Self - Friend
Egypt's Lost Cities
2011 · as Self
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007 · as Self
Riddles of the Sphinx
2010 · as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
King Tut: A Century of Secrets
2022 · as Self
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2006 · as Self
Egypt's New Tomb Revealed
2006 · as Himself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass)
King Tut's Final Secrets
2005 · as Self - Egyptologist
Egypt: What Lies Beneath
2011 · as Self
The Lost Pyramid
2008 · as Self
Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
2008 · as Self - Host
Orgullo de Quisqueya
2023
Cleopatra
2023
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
2021 · as Self