Valley of the Kings Tomb 63: Deconstructing a Royal Embalming Deposit & Reconstructing Mummification 

Prof. Salima Ikram is Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University, and a Research Fellow at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum. She has worked as an archaeologist in Egypt since 1986. She has directed the Amenmesses Mission of KV10 and KV63 in the Valley of the Kings, the Animal Mummy Project, the North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey, and has co-directed the Predynastic Gallery project and the North Kharga Oasis Survey. She has also worked in Egypt, Sudan, and Turkey as an archaeozoologist and archaeologist. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Ikram has published extensively in both scholarly and popular venues (for adults and children) on diverse subject matters, ranging from traditional Egyptological subjects to zooarchaeological topics. Currently her research focuses on funerary customs, especially mummification, the changing climate of Egypt as reflected in the fauna, relying on evidence derived from pictorial, textual, archaezoological, and climatalogical evidence; changing food sources and eating habits; rock art; and the protection and presentation of cultural heritage.