Open lecture with WORLD-RENOWNED EGYPTOLOGIST Dr. Hawass

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The lecture will include the secrets of Khufu’s pyramid and the tunnels under the Sphinx. It will also reveal the recent discoveries around the pyramid of Teti and Gisr el-Mochier, along with the CT-scans of the royal mummies and excavations in the Valley of the Kings, specifically the tomb of Ramses II. Finally, it will discuss the great discovery of the Golden City, which was chosen to be the most important discovery in the world.

Dr Zahi Hawass, known among other things from documentaries on National Geographic and Netflix, is popularly called "Egypt's Indiana Jones". Dr Hawass has worked with archaeological excavations throughout his professional career and 2011 became Egypt’s first Minister of Antiquities, with responsibility for the country’s many antiquities.

Dr Hawass has made several major discoveries throughout his career, such as: the tombs of the pyramid-builders at Giza, the Valley of the Golden Mummies, two pyramids for Khufu and Teti, the lost Golden City at Luxor.

Today, Dr Hawass is the director of the Egyptian Mummy Project, using CT scans and DNA analysis on mummies, yielding important results such as identifying the mummy of queen Hatshepsut.

Dr Hawass has received many awards, including nine honorary doctorate degrees from various countries and an Emmy Award for a documentary on ancient Egypt.

The lecture is a collaboration between the World Culture Museums, the Embassy of Egypt and Stockholm University.