Description: Animals in ancient Egypt and Nubia are explored in several essays, which cover diverse topics including mummification, animal husbandry, iconography and symbolism, and the use of technology in the study of animal remains, including DNA analyses, balms' analyses, AMS dating, radiography and 3D imaging.
Brief description: Prof. Dr. Salima Ikram is an Egyptologist and bioarchaeologist who has worked in Egypt, Turkey and the Sudan. She has directed the Animal Mummy Project at the Egyptian Museum, directs the North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey, and has worked as a funerary archaeologist and archaeozoologist at sites throughout Egypt from Alexandria to Aswan. She has published extensively.