Hesham Hussein, PhD

Dr. Hesham Hussein, PhD, is an archaeologist, Egyptologist, and archaeological heritage specialist with more than 25 years of professional experience in archaeological fieldwork, Egyptian frontier archaeology, excavation, rock inscriptions, archaeological documentation, heritage management, and digital archaeology. He currently serves as Undersecretary for Lower Egypt and Sinai Archaeology at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt.

Dr. Hussein earned his PhD in History and Civilization from Suez Canal University in 2013, with a doctoral dissertation entitled “The Egyptian Eastern Border from Earliest Times to the End of the Thirtieth Dynasty.” Over his distinguished career, he has served as Director General of Sinai Archaeology (2023–2025), General Director of South Sinai and Supervisor of SCA Affairs in Sinai (2020–2023), Supervisor of the Port Said Archaeological Area (2019–2023), and General Director of North Sinai Archaeology (2018–2023).

His major field projects include serving as Founder and Director of the Sinai Rock Inscription Documentation Project (RIDP, initiated 2018), documenting rock inscriptions and petroglyphs using photogrammetry and digital workflows; discovering a New Kingdom military fortress on the Ways of Horus at Tell el-Kharuba; investigating ancient copper mining and metallurgy installations at Wadi el-Nasab; excavating Hellenistic and Roman Pelusium (Tell el-Farama), including the Temple of Zeus Kasios; and researching the Canopus Decree stela at Tell Fara’un and the newly identified frontier commander tomb at Tell el-Maskhuta. In addition, Dr. Hussein has served as Scientific Advisor for the Egypt Reborn Project (Flyover Zone) and the Arab Inscriptions Portal (Abu Dhabi), and has been awarded fellowships including the Egypt Exploration Society Scholar (London, 2015), CNR-ITABC (Italy, 2014), and ARCE Conservation training (USA, 2019).