CAIRO: Egypt s top archaeologist has made about $500,000 for a children s charity by selling copies of his trademark leather hat during a recent King Tut tour, he said Wednesday.
Zahi Hawass, the country s top antiquities official, said that the replicas of his trademark Indiana Jones hat were sold for $45 each during the two-year tour that wrapped up this fall.
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs drew nearly 4 million visitors during its two-year foreign tour.
The brown suede hat carries Hawass picture and signature.
Hawass will be donating the money for the construction of Egypt s and the Middle East s first children s museum. Hawass has been the antiquities council chief for the past five years.
