fuckyeaharchaeology: Salima Ikram (b.1965) Is a Pakistani born egyptologist who is the leading exper
fuckyeaharchaeology: Salima Ikram (b.1965) Is a Pakistani born egyptologist who is the leading expert in animal mummies. She was the co-founder and co-director of the Animal Mummy Project at the Egyptian Museum, which was the first modern, large-scale, non-destructive study of animal mummies undertaken anywhere in the world. This study is important because Egyptian animal mummies were not valued or studied by earlier egyptologists, even though they can teach us a lot about the environment, culture, and religion of Ancient Egypt. She also teaches classes on how to mummify animals in the Egyptian tradition. Ikram was also a co-director for dozens of archaeological excavations and surveys in Egypt, including the excavation of KV 10 and KV 63, two of the most recent complexes opened in the Valley of the Kings Pharaonic Necropolis Salima Ikram is currently a professor at the American University of Cairo. -- source link
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