Zahi Hawass
Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1947
Place of birth: Damietta, 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.
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Filmography
24 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.8
Cleopatra's Final Secret
2025
NR
Orgullo de Quisqueya
2023
7.4
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
2023
8.3
Last Secrets of the Great Sphinx of Giza
2023
NR
Cleopatra
2023
NR
Secrets of Giza
2023
7.0
King Tut: A Century of Secrets
2022
7.3
Tut's Lost City Revealed
2022
6.0
Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission
2021
7.7
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
2021
6.8
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
7.3
The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery
2019
5.7
Al Frenga
2015
7.3
Egypt's Lost Cities
2011
NR
Egypt: What Lies Beneath
2011
1.5
Chasing Mummies
2010
6.5
King Tut Unwrapped
2010
6.0
Riddles of the Sphinx
2010
NR
Ancient Egypt Unearthed
2009
7.0
Egypt Unwrapped
2008
6.0
The Lost Pyramid
2008
NR
Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
2008
NR
Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries
2008
7.0
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
2007
8.0
Egypt's New Tomb Revealed
2006
8.0
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2006
6.2
King Tut's Final Secrets
2005
NR
Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure
2004
7.3
Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt
1999
6.2
Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs
1997
5.1
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997NR
Egypt's Mystery Chamber
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