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Born May 28, 1947 (age 79) • Egypt
Founder Egyptian Mummy Project
Subjects Of Study Egyptology • pyramid

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President Barack Obama walks with Zahi Hawass, David Axelrod, and Rahm Emanuel near the Pyramids of Giza, with the Great Pyramid visible in the background.
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Richard Lepsius.
Richard Lepsius
German Egyptologist
Ṣaqqārah: pyramid of Userkaf
Userkaf
king of Egypt
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Neuserre
king of Egypt
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
ruler of Egypt
Gertrude Caton-Thompson
Gertrude Caton-Thompson
British archaeologist
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Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
Sculpted head of Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with elongated facial features and a tall, ornate headdress, displayed at the Alexandria National Museum.
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a suit and gold tie, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Map showing the extent of the Ancient Egyptian Empire during the New Kingdom period of Thutmose III, highlighted in orange, covering Egypt, the Nile River valley, Sinai, and stretching northeast through Palestine, Phoenicia, and Syria. The map also marks the Fertile Crescent and neighboring regions such as Assyria and Babylonia in pink, with key cities and geographic features labeled.
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
Saad Zaghloul
Saad Zaghloul
Egyptian statesman
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, wearing a suit and tie, speaks at a podium labeled Clinton Global Initiative with a microphone in front of him.
Mohamed Morsi
president of Egypt
Engraving of Mohammed Ali, founder of modern Egypt, shown with a full white beard, wearing a traditional hat and embroidered jacket, facing slightly to the viewer's left.
Muḥammad ʿAlī
pasha and viceroy of Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
president of Egypt
Mohamed ElBaradei.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian lawyer and government official
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Ahmed Shafiq
prime minister of Egypt
Omar Suleiman, 2007.
Omar Suleiman
vice president of Egypt
Ramses III
Ramses III
king of Egypt