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Zahi Hawass

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Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist

EgyptAcademicsBorn 1947 · age 79
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Zahi Abass Hawass is an Egyptian archaeologist, Egyptologist, and former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, a position he held twice. He has worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert and the Upper Nile Valley.

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Zahi Hawass and Barack Obama, June 2009Zahi Hawass and Barack Obama, June 2009Hawass at a book signing in Mexico City, August 2003.Hawass at a book signing in Mexico City, August 2003.Speaking at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Cairo, November 2019Speaking at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Cairo, November 2019Hawass examining a mummy (2018).Hawass examining a mummy (2018).Zahi Hawass receives the Grand Prize of the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture (2018).Zahi Hawass receives the Grand Prize of the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture (2018).Peruvian President Alan García decorates Zahi Hawass with the insignia of Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (Lima, July 4, 2011).Peruvian President Alan García decorates Zahi Hawass with the insignia of Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (Lima, July 4, 2011).

Awards 13

2011Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎
Fulbright Scholarship
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Officer of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
honorary doctor of the University of Lisbon
honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon
honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania
Silver Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis‎
Officer of Arts and Letters
Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class
Order of Arts and Letters
Order of Merit
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Connected to Zahi 6

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About this person

Country
Egypt
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1947 · age 79
Written about in
29 languages

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