Zahi Hawass

1947 -

Country of citizenship: Egypt

Languages spoken, written or signed: Arabic, English, French

Educated at: University of Pennsylvania, Cairo University, Alexandria University

Occupation: anthropologist, archaeologist, university teacher, egyptologist, politician, necropolis scholar

Award received: Fulbright Scholarship, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎, 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

Official website: www.drhawass.com

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Zahi Abass Hawass (Egyptian Arabic: زاهي حواس; born May 28, 1947) 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)