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Exploring Egyptian Rock Art
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Sun, Nov 8, 2026
1 PM – 2 PM (GMT+2)
The Sullivan Lounge
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt
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Egypt's story didn't begin with the pyramids. Long before the first dynasty, ancient peoples left their mark across the Eastern and Western Deserts and the Nile Valley — in the form of rock art dating as far back as 8000 BC.
Animals, humans and landscapes etched into stone offer a rare window into Egypt's ancient environment, culture and the very ideas that became foundational to Egyptian religion and civilization.
Join Distinguished University Professor Salima Ikram, holder of the Amelia Peabody Chair in Egyptology at AUC, as she introduces Egypt's remarkable rock art — and the world that existed long before the monuments we know today.
Speakers
Salima Ikram
Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology
Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology, The American University in Cairo
Salima Ikram is distinguished university professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. She has directed the Animal Mummy Project and the North Kharga Darb Ain Amur Survey, among other truly exciting projects and excavations, throughout Egypt and in Turkey, Sudan, and Greece. She has worked in museums around the world, including the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. She has published extensively, for both scholarly and general audiences, including Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt (AUC Press, 2015) and Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt (AUC Press, pbk edition, 2015).