Audiences worldwide know Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, as a real Indiana Jones, an archaeologist whose three-decade-long career has yielded many spectacular discoveries.

Hawass's 20-plus years working on the Giza Plateau shed light on the mystery that surrounds the Great Pyramids and the men and women who built them. Most recently he has explored the Osiris shaft, an ancient tomb for the god of the dead, which lies deep within the earth. Other great discoveries made or supervised by Hawass include the "Valley of the Golden Mummies," a vast Greco-Roman necropolis in the desert near the Bahariya Oasis; the lost tomb of the governor of the oasis, dating from the first millennium B.C.; and two intact 5,000-year-old tombs near Cairo.

He is currently supervising a project to CT-scan ancient mummies, including that of King Tutankhamun. One of Egypt's most charismatic spokespeople, this National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence has contributed to numerous television documentaries, feature films, and magazine articles about Egyptian history and antiquities.

The Great Pyramids: Secrets Revealed
Hawass shares some of his recent discoveries at Giza, including tombs of the pyramid builders.

The Story of King Tut
Recent CT scans of the King Tut mummy revealed intriguing new details about the boy king's life. Hawass, who oversaw the project, takes you on a guided tour.

Secrets From the Sand
This lecture focuses on discoveries from other sites in Egypt, including the "Valley of the Golden Mummies," the discovery of the Temple of Min, and three tombs at Giza and Bahariya, suspected of containing gold and precious artifacts.