Welcome to the only official website for Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist and UNWTO Ambassador for Responsible Tourism.

On this website you can read about my life, greatest discoveries, publications, current work, and my repatriation campaign.

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The sale and purchase of stolen antiquities only encourages further theft. As recently as 2017 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a stolen sarcophagus. It has since been returned to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo. Click here to learn more about repatriation, why it is necessary, and what you can do to help.

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I received an invitation from Prof. Dietrich Raue, the director of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAIK) for the memorial of Prof. Jan Assmann. The event started with an introduction by Dietrich outlining the event. Then, we enjoyed a g
On the second day of my stay in Sydney, Australia, the director of the Australian Museum, Kim Mackay, hosted a dinner in honor of Zahi Hawass. The dinner was attended by museum board members, prominent figures in art and culture in Sydney, and the G
On the 27th of March I was invited to an Iftar by the director of Semiramis Intercontinental Sameh Sobhy and Sara Director of the Public Relations. They invited many great society celebrities such as the famous Elham Shaheen, Nelly Karim, Hala Sarh
The Egyptian Lebanese publishing house was able to publish our novel “Khufu and the One with the Golden Eyes”. This novel was written by me and my friend Véronique Sédro. The characters in the novel are real like the dwarf