Hussein Bassir

Hussein Bassir is an Egyptian archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is known for his work at the Giza pyramids and his role as one of the field managers at the excavations in the Valley of the Golden Mummies in the Bahariye Oasis. Today, the Museum of Antiquities within the Library of Alexandria and Dr. Zahi Hawass directs the Center for Egyptology.

Education and professional life

Bassir graduated from Cairo University's Egyptology department in 1994. After graduation, he started working at Egypt's institution responsible for antiquities and served as an inspector in the Giza pyramids area for a long time. Later, he went to the United States and completed his master's degree in Egyptology and Near Eastern art and archeology at Johns Hopkins University in 2004 and his doctorate in 2009.

After returning to Egypt, he took on administrative duties. He served as the general manager of the Grand Egyptian Museum project between 2011 and 2013; He then worked as the general manager of the Giza pyramids area and scientific publications unit at the Ministry of Antiquities. Since 2017, he has been the head of the Museum of Antiquities in the Library of Alexandria, and since 2018, the Zahi Hawass Egyptology Center in Giza.

writings

In his academic studies, he focuses on how individuals presented themselves in inscriptions and statues, especially in Late Egypt, during the Sais dynasty. His review in this area was published in 2014 as Image and Voice in Saite Egypt; He also edited the collection Living Forever, which deals with the subject of self-presentation in ancient Egypt.

The first book of Bassir, who also writes Arabic fiction, is titled in Arabic, which means the search for Hnum. He continues his efforts to explain Egyptology to large audiences with introductory courses on hieroglyphics.