Career Highlights

1967: BA in Greek and Roman Archaeology from Alexandria University

1969: Inspector of Antiquities of: Middle Egypt at Tuna El-Gebel; the Italian expedition at Sikh Abada, Minya; Edfu-Esna; The Pennsylvania-Yale expedition at Abydos; the western Delta at Alexandria

1970: Inspector of Antiquities of the western Delta

1972–1974: Inspector of Antiquities of Embaba, Giza

1973–1974: Inspector of Antiquities at Abu Simbel

1974: Inspector of Antiquities for the Pennsylvania expedition at Malkata, Luxor

1974–1975: Inspector of antiquities for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Giza Pyramids

1974–1979: First Inspector of Antiquities, Giza Pyramids, Embaba, and the Bahariya Oasis

1979: Diploma in Egyptology from Cairo University

1980

• Chief Inspector of the Giza Pyramids

• Receives Fulbright and acceptance to the University of Pennsylvania

1983: MA in Egyptology and Syrio-Palestinian Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania

1987

• PhD in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania; appointed Director General of the Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, and the Bahariya Oasis

• Began conservation projects on Khafre’s pyramid at Giza and Djoser’s pyramid at Saqqara

1989: Director of the Sphinx Restoration Project

1990: Discovery of the tombs of the Pyramid Builders

1991:

• Discovery of the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu

• Discovery of the Osiris shaft located between the Khafre’s pyramid and the Sphinx

1993: Discovery of door with copper handles inside Khufu’s pyramid

1996:

• Discovery of the Valley of the Golden Mummies in the Bahariya Oasis

• Discovery of the tomb of the governor of the Bahariya Oasis, his wife, and his father

1997: Director of conservation of Menkaure’s pyramid

1998:

• Promoted to Undersecretary of the State for the Giza Monuments

• Began conservation projects of Khufu’s Pyramid and Queens pyramids, completed conservation of the Sphinx