Hawass akaberekerwa mumusha muduku uri pedyo neDamietta, Egypt. Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga akarota kuva gweta, akawana bachelor of arts degree muGreek uye Roman Archaeology kubva kuAlexandria University muAlexandria, Egypt muna 1967. Muna 1979, Hawass akawana diploma muEgyptology kubva kuCairo University. Hawass akabva ashanda paGreat Pyramids semutariri - mubatanidzwa wemutungamiri uye nyanzvi yezvekuchera matongo. Paaive nemakore makumi matatu nematatu, Hawass akapihwa Fulbright Fellowship kuenda kuYunivhesiti yePennsylvania muPhiladelphia kunodzidza Egyptology, achiwana degree reMasters of Arts muEgyptology uye Syro-Palestinian Archaeology muna 1983, uye PhD yake muEgyptology muna 1987 kubva kuGraduate Group muArt uye Archaeology yeMediterranean World (AMW), achinyanya kufunga nezve "The Funerary Establishments of Eskafu, Khafra, uye Menkaura During the Old Kingdom?
Yunivhesiti yeCairo