What is important to me is that I have the great good fortune to spend my days doing something I love, and being given the opportunity to make a difference in the world.

— Zahi Hawass

Inspector of Antiquities for Abu Simbel
Date: 
January 1, 1973 - December 31, 1974

From 1973 through 1974, Hawass worked as an inspector at the site of Abu Simbel, home to the great Temple of Ramesses II that was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser by a UNESCO organized international campaign from 1963 to 1968.   

Location

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Monastery of St. Catherine
Ramesseum from the Air
Beni Hassan Tomb
Kom Ombo Temple
The Catacombs of Tuna el-Gebel
Seti I Tunnel
Detail of the Sarcophagus of Isisnofret
Coins from SCA Excavations North of Lake Qarun