Zahi Hawass
Acting
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
2025Cleopatra's Final Secret
Self
2023Cleopatra
2023Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Self
2023Orgullo de Quisqueya
2023Secrets of Giza
2023Les Derniers Secrets du Sphinx de Gizeh
egyptolog
2022King Tut: A Century of Secrets
Self
2022Tut's Lost City Revealed
Self - Egyptologist
2021Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Self
2020Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Friend
2011Egypt: What Lies Beneath
Self
2011Egypt's Lost Cities
Self
2010Riddles of the Sphinx
Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
2008The Lost Pyramid
Self
2008Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
Self - Host
2007Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
Self
2006Egypt: Engineering an Empire
Self
2006Egypt's New Tomb Revealed
Himself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass)
2005King Tut's Final Secrets
Self - Egyptologist
2004Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure
1999Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt
Self
1997Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Maga
1997Legend of the Lost Tomb
Director of the Pyramids