Biography

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EDUCATION
1- 1975: Bachelor’s degree in Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo
University.
2- 1987: Diploma of Advanced Studies and the History of Art and Tourism,
Faculté de Géographie, Université de Lyon, Lumière University Lyon 2,
France.
3- 1991, PhD in Egyptology, entitled “Les Petits Souterrains du Sérapéum,
études d’archéologie, Religion et Histoire – textes inédits.” Institut des
Antiquités égyptiennes, Université de Lyon, Lumière University Lyon 2,
France.
4- 1986, a certificate in Museum Management from the American
Information Center, USA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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1978 - 1981, Inspector of Antiquities for Abu Simbel, Edfu, Aswan, Egypt.
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1981- 1983, Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Edfu, Kom Ombo and
Aswan Monuments.
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1984 - 1986, General Director of Antiquities for Saqqara.
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1992 - 2003, Professor of Egyptology, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel
Management, Alexandria University.
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2003 – 2011, Chief of the Tourism Guiding English Department, Faculty Of
Arts, Ain Shams University.
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From December 2011, Minister of State for Antiquities, Ministry of State
for Antiquities.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
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Member of the Institute for the Study of the Interdisciplinary Sciences,
Kent, United Kingdom.
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Member of the Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Abteilung Kairo.
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Member of the boards of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
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Member of the High Scientific Committee of the Grand Egyptian Museum
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Member of the Scientific Committee of el-Minia Museum.
FIELD WORK
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Director of the Excavation of Edful
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Director of the Excavation of Saqqara
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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1991,
Department
of
Sociology,
Anthropology,
Psychology
and
Egyptology, American University in Cairo: Course on Ancient Egyptian
History (in English).
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1992 - 2011, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Alexandria
University: Courses on Egyptian Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian History,
Ancient Egyptian Language, Ancient Egyptian Religion, and Tour Guidance
(in English and French).
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1993 – 1996, Faculty of Arts, Archaeology Department, Tanta University:
Courses on Minor Arts, Ancient Middle-East History, and Hieroglyphic and
Heratiqih Texts (in Arabic).
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1995 – 1997, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University:
Courses on Egyptian Archaeology, and Ancient Egyptian History (in
French)
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1997 – 2011, Tourism Guiding English Department, Faculty Of Arts, Ain
Shams University: Courses on Egyptian Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian
History, Ancient Egyptian Language, Ancient Egyptian Religion, and Tour
Guidance (in English and French).
PUBLIC LECTURES ON EGYPTIAN HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
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“THE EXCAVATION OF SERAPEUM” Presented at:
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University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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HU-BTU First International Conference on Heritage Conservation and Site Management
"Heritage Tourism: Prospects and Challenges"
Luxor, 8-11 December 2013
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Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States.
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University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg,
Germany.
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University of London, United Kingdom
PAPERS PRESENTED
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
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1991, A paper on “A Propos du Prince Khâemouaset et de sa mère
Isetneferet, Nouvaux documents provenant du Sérapéum” Sixth
International Congress of Egyptology, Turin, Italy
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1996, A paper on “A Propos du Prince Khâemouaset et de sa mère
Isetneferet, Nouvaux documents provenant du Sérapéum” Seventh
International Congress of Egyptology, Cambridge, England.
ARTICLES
1- ”Presentation des Stèles Nouvellement découvertes au Sérapéum”, in
BSEE 106, 1986, pp. 31-44.
2- “A Propos du Prince Khâemouaset et de sa mère Isetneferet, Nouvaux
documents provenant du Sérapéum”, in MDAIK 49, 1993, pp. 97-105.
3- “Une stéle inédite du Sérapéum mentionnant le nom de Shéshonq 1er”,
in BSEG 20, 1996, pp. 6-16.
4- “Unpublished Blocks from Saqqara”, in MDAIK 54, 1998.
5- “The scenes of the local market in Pharaonic Egypt (an analytic study)”,
SASA Cahier 34 I, 2005, pp.79-100.
6- “Textes inédits provenant des Grandes Souterrains du Sérapéum de
Memphis (Textes et Commentaire) ”, Annals of the Faculty of Arts/ Ain
Shams University, Vol 33, Oct-Dec. 2005, pp. 439-486.
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7- “Documents Inédits Provenant des Petits Souterrains du Sérapéum de
Memphis (Textes et Commentaire)”, MDAIK 62, 2006, pp. 43-61.
8- “Three uncommon scenes from the Old Kingdom”, Annals of the
Faculty of Arts/ Ain Shams University, Vol 35, Jul-Sep. 2007, pp. 925-945.
9- “La Chapelle de Thot à Abou Simbel, est-elle le Mammisi du Temple? ”
Gedenkschrift for Prof. Dr. Sayed Tawfik, SDAIK 16, 2008.
BOOKS
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Les Stéles du Sérapéum de Mémphis, catalogue des stéles trouvées en
1995, under print.
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