Dr. Salima Ikram
Apr 23 2012
WHEN:
Apr 23, 2012 at 4:00pm
WHERE:
Murrow Room
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The Head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology
The American University at Cairo (AUC), DR. SALIMA IKRAM, will discuss
EGYPTOLOGY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: WHAT ANCIENT REMAINS OFFER TO MODERN SCIENCE
and THE STATE OF ANTIQUITIES IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY EGYPT
Dr. Ikram recently made news for her role in the discovery of
prostate cancer in a 2200-year-old Egyptian mummy,
which suggested the genetic origins of the disease.
Contacts:
National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN
301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 301/367-7711 (C), 202/662-7540 (NPC), [email protected]
Dr. Ikram: MORGAN ROTH (AUC)
212/730-8800 (T), 646/341-7436 (C), [email protected]