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Zahi Hawass

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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.

Zahi Hawass

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Films Featuring Zahi Hawass

The Lost Pyramid

King Tut: A Century of Secrets

Cleopatra

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Egypt's Mystery Chamber

Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries

Orgullo de Quisqueya

Pharaoh's Revenge: Egypt's Lost Treasure

Egypt: Engineering an Empire

Tut's Lost City Revealed

Egypt's New Tomb Revealed

Egypt: Secrets of the Pharaohs

Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt

King Tut's Final Secrets

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

Riddles of the Sphinx

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs

Egypt: What Lies Beneath

Cleopatra's Final Secret

Legend of the Lost Tomb

Secrets of Giza

Egypt's Lost Cities

Last Secrets of the Great Sphinx of Giza