I whanau a Hawass i tetahi kainga iti e tata ana ki Damietta, Ihipa. Ahakoa i moemoea ia ki te noho hei roia, i whiwhi ia i te tohu bachelor of arts i te Greek me te Roman Archaeology mai i te Whare Wananga o Alexandria i Alexandria, Ihipa i te tau 1967. I te tau 1979, i whiwhi a Hawass i te tohu tohu i te Egyptology mai i te Whare Wananga o Cairo. I mahi a Hawass i nga Pyramids Nui hei kaitirotiro - he huinga o te kaiwhakahaere me te kairangahau. I te 33 o ona tau, i whakawhiwhia a Hawass ki te Fulbright Fellowship ki te Whare Wananga o Pennsylvania i Philadelphia ki te ako i te Egyptology, i whiwhi i te tohu rangatira o nga mahi toi i roto i te Egyptology me te Syro-Palestinian Archaeology i te 1983, me tana PhD i Ihipa i te 1987 mai i te Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW), e aro ana ki "Te Kaihanga o te Funerary Establishments of the Old Kingdom, Khafu Eska and Menka
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