Dr. Tarek Sayed Tawfik Ahmed was born on February 28, 1971 in Giza, Egypt. He is known for Tutankhamen's Treasures (2018), Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982) and Ancient Egypt: Chronicles of an Empire (2022).
Professional Positions:
- Associate Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Department of Egyptology
- Former Director General of the Grand Egyptian Museum Project from August 2014 until January 2019
- Elected Vice President of the International Association of Egyptologists November 2019.
- Head of the committee for Culture, Arts & Science at the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research &Technology.
- Deputy head of Mission of the excavations of the Faculty of Archaeology Cairo University in Saqqara.
- Member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
- Member of the German Archaeological Institute since December 2015.
- Head of the Archaeological Guidance Program Faculty of Archaeology Cairo University.
