Salima Ikram

In 2018, Ikram participated in Tenerife (Spain), in the international congress "Athanatos. Inmortal. Muerte e inmortalidad en las poblaciones del pasado". During this congress there was an exhibition of mummies from different parts of the world, including the Guanche mummies of the ancient inhabitants of the island of Tenerife, with a technique similar to the Egyptian mummies.

Ikram lives in Cairo and teaches Egyptology and Archaeology at the American University in Cairo, where she is Professor of Egyptology. In 2017, Ikram was a visiting professor at Yale University for the fall term. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 as an international honorary member.

Ikram is the co-director of the Animal Mummy Project at the Egyptian Museum. Since 2001, she has directed, with Corinna Rossi, the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS), and directed the North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey and the Amenmesse Mission of KV10 and KV63 in the Valley of the Kings. She has also worked with André Veldmeijer of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on the Ancient Egypt Leatherwork Project (AELP).

Salima Ikram (Urdu: سلیمہ اکرام ‎; born 17 May 1965) is a Pakistani professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, a participant in many Egyptian archaeological projects, the author of several books on Egyptian archaeology, a contributor to various magazines and a guest on pertinent television programs.

Ikram was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1965. A visit to Egypt when she was nine led to her interest in Egyptology.