Salima Ikram

Salima Ikram (2015)

Salima Ikram (* 1965 in Lahore , Pakistan ) is a Pakistani archaeologist and Egyptologist . She is an expert in the field of mummification in ancient Egypt .

biography

Salima Ikram was born in Lahore , Pakistan . She visited Egypt as a nine year old and was fascinated by the culture and history of the country. She studied archeology and Egyptology, first at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and then at the University of Cambridge . She currently lives in Cairo and has been Professor of Egyptology and Archeology at the American University there since 2001. She has overseen excavation sites in the Aton shrine near the Karnak Temple , in Buto in the Nile Delta and in the Giza Plain . In addition, she carried out analyzes of animal remains in Dahshur , Saqqara , Tell el-Muqdam, and in the Valley of the Kings in the graves KV10 ( Amenmesse ) and KV5 (sons of Ramses II ).

Chapters in Nicholson & Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology (Cambridge: CUP)
Choice Cuts: Meat Production in Ancient Egypt (Leuven: Peeters, 1995)
Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt (Longman, 2003)
Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies In Ancient Egypt (American University in Cairo Press, 2005)
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (New York: OUP)
Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity (New York: Thames & Hudson / Kairo: AUC Press, 1998) (with Aidan Dodson)
Non Human Mummies Catalog (American University in Cairo Press, 2003)
Pyramids (Cairo, Zeitouna)
Royal Mummies in the Egyptian Museum (Cairo: Zeitouna / American University in Cairo Press, 1997) (with Aidan Dodson)
The Tomb in Ancient Egypt (London & New York: Thames & Hudson / Cairo: AUC Press, 2008) (with Aidan Dodson)

personal data
SURNAME	Ikram, Salima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pakistani archaeologist and Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lahore , Pakistan