Zahi Hawass
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.
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- Born:
- May 28, 1947 In Damietta, Egypt
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 32
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Legend of the Lost Tomb 1997-01-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Egypt's Mystery Chamber 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Egypt's Mystery Chamber | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Cleopatra's Final Secret | Self | 2025-09-25 |
| Movie | Secrets of Giza | Unknown | 2023-01-26 |
| Movie | Cleopatra | Unknown | 2023-05-10 |
| Movie | Unknown: The Lost Pyramid | Self | 2023-07-02 |
| Movie | Orgullo de Quisqueya | Unknown | 2023-09-28 |
| Movie | Tut's Lost City Revealed | Self - Egyptologist | 2022-09-01 |
| Movie | King Tut: A Century of Secrets | Self | 2022-10-19 |
| Series | Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission | Unknown | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs | Self | 2021-02-28 |
| Series | Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez | Self | 2020-02-10 |
| Movie | Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Friend | 2020-02-15 |
| Series | The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery | Unknown | 2019-04-30 |
| Series | Al Frenga | Unknown | 2015-05-22 |
| Movie | Egypt: What Lies Beneath | Self | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Egypt's Lost Cities | Self | 2011-05-30 |
| Movie | Riddles of the Sphinx | Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities | 2010-01-19 |
| Series | King Tut Unwrapped | Unknown | 2010-02-21 |
| Series | Chasing Mummies | Self | 2010-07-14 |
| Series | Ancient Egypt Unearthed | Cast | 2009-01-13 |
| Movie | Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries | Self - Host | 2008-04-07 |
| Series | Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries | Himself | 2008-04-06 |
| Movie | The Lost Pyramid | Self | 2008-06-23 |
| Series | Egypt Unwrapped | Self | 2008-11-13 |
| Movie | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty | Self | 2007-07-16 |
| Movie | Egypt: Engineering an Empire | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Egypt's New Tomb Revealed | Himself (as Dr. Zahi Hawass) | 2006-06-04 |
| Movie | King Tut's Final Secrets | Self - Egyptologist | 2005-12-17 |
| Movie | Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure | Unknown | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt | Self | 1999-03-02 |
| Movie | Legend of the Lost Tomb | Director of the Pyramids | 1997-01-03 |
| Movie | Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs | Maga | 1997-12-30 |