Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I whanau a Hawass i tetahi kainga iti e tata ana ki Damietta, Ihipa. Ahakoa i moemoea ia i te timatanga kia waiho hei roia, i whiwhi ia i te tohu paetahi o te toi i te Kariki me te Roma Archaeology mai i te Whare Wananga o Alexandria i Alexandria, Ihipa i te 1967. I te tau 1979, i whiwhi tohu a Hawass i te Egyptology mai i te Whare Wananga o Cairo. Kātahi ka mahi a Hawass ki ngā Piramita Nui hei kaitirotiro - he huinga o te kaiwhakahaere me te tohunga matapakinga. I te 33 o ona tau, i whakawhiwhia a Hawass ki te Fulbright Fellowship ki te haere ki te Whare Waananga o Pennsylvania i Philadelphia ki te ako i te Egyptology, i whiwhi i te tohu paetahi mo te Egyptology me te Syro-Palestinian Archaeology i te 1983, me tana PhD i roto i te Egyptology i te 1987 mai i te Roopu Paetahi i roto i te Toi me te Archaeology o te Ao Mediterranean (AAMW), e aro nui ana ki "Nga Whare Whakapainga o Khufu, Khafra me Menkaura I te wa o te Kingi Tawhito".  Pātai: I haere a Hawass ki whea whare wānanga?
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