Hawass Is a conman. They have dna, that’s true. 70% of the UK shares dna with the Pharos. While only 3% of modern-day Egyptians share that same dna.
My wife, adult daughter and I saw him speak at a local library event about 6 weeks ago. We often had seen him on Discovery channels and my home-schooled daughter learned a fair bit about Egyptology from his programs; it was kind-of a treat to see him in person.
The lecture was mostly a slide show of him at sites, mostly with various celebrities and presidents. The main thing I recall is that he said “Josh Gates talks too much”. (Gates is a host of Discovery program ‘Expedition Unknown’ which has featured Hawass a few times).
He boosted his Egyptian tours, and sold books and autographs in the lobby (free with a book). We didn’t buy one, but it was still an entertaining evening (he really is full of himself).