Zahi Hawass

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Born 1947-05-28 Damietta, Egypt 32 credits Order of Arts and Letters 1 Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1 honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania 1 honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon 1

Awards

Won 1 Order of Arts and Letters Award

Order of Arts and Letters 1 won

— Order of Arts and Letters Won

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1 won

— Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Won

honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania 1 won

— honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania Won

honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon 1 won

— honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon Won

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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.