Just a few miles south of Cairo, held deep in an Egyptian catacomb that hadn't been explored in hundreds of years, there are dog mummies. And not just a few — millions of them. Salima Ikram "It's a ...

During routine archaeological research as part of the Ancient Egypt Leatherwork Project (AELP) carried out by Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Andre ...

NORTH HAVEN — Most things don’t last, unless they’ve been mummified. Hundreds of 2,000-year-old animal mummies, including crocodiles, cats, baby gazelles, falcons and ibises were removed from storage ...

Salima Ikram was born in Pakistan and got hooked on ancient Egyptian artefacts through the pictures in a childhood book. Her fate as an Egyptologist was sealed when she came face-to-face, aged nine, ...

Salima Ikram in the Tomb of the Warriors, Deir el Bahari, Egypt. Source: Blakeway Productions The simple existence of an ancient mass grave near Luxor in southern Egypt is enough to pique the interest ...

Salima Ikram is Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. Her fieldwork focuses on the role of animals in the ancient Egyptian diet. She currently directs ...

Egypt's King Tutankhamun was embalmed in an unusual way, including having his penis mummified at a 90-degree angle, in an effort to combat a religious revolution unleashed by his father, a new study ...