Nabil M. A. Swelim (; 1930 – September 23, 2015) was an Egyptian

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

who specialized in the study of

pyramid A pyramid () is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trian ...

s. Nabil Swelim first embarked on a career as an officer in the Egyptian Navy. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the

Egyptian Naval College The Egyptian Naval College (), One of the colleges of the Egyptian Military Academy, is a military college set up to supply the navy with professional Officers. It was established in October 1946. Graduates of the Egyptian Naval Academy are comm ...

. He discovered the dry moat surrounding the

Pyramid of Djoser The pyramid of Djoser, sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis.Bard, Kathryn A., and Jean-Philipee Lauer, ed ...

and the

Pyramid of Sinki Pyramid of Sinki is a small, layered step pyramid located approximately 5.5 km southeast of the Temple of Seti I and in Abydos, eighth nome in Upper Egypt. It was built on a sand surface, which was common for several layer step pyramids i ...

. He was part of a team of archaeologists who visited Bosnia to investigate the Bosnian pyramid claims. He is the father of the art historian Tarek Swelim.

Publications

* ''Some Problems on the History of the Third Dynasty'', Alexandria 1983. * ''The Brick Pyramid at Abu Rawash Number "1" by Lepsius: A Preliminary Study'', Alexandria 1987. * ''Alexandrian Studies in Memoriam Daoud Abdu Daoud'', BSAA 45(1993) Editor. * ''The Pyramid Hills: Visočica and Plješevica Hrašće, Observations, and Analyses''. Sarajevo 2007. * ''7 Layer Monuments of the Early Old Kingdom'' * ''Pyramids of the Third to the Thirteenth Dynasty, Analyses, Catalogues and Developments''; 4 Volumes in Preparation * Contribution to Festschrifts of: I.E.S. Edwards, W. Kaiser, J. Leclant, L. Kakosy, J-Ph. Lauer, D. Arnold, E. Gaal – U. Luft – L. Torok , Mafred Bietak, Ali Rawan, Gunter Dreyer and Gaballa Aly Gaballa. * Contribution to Memorials of: D. A. Daoud, and Abd El Aziz Sadek (Azzouz). * Encyclopedia Entries: Macmillan's Dictionary of Art (2) * Articles in: Archaeological and Historical Studies, 4, 5 and 7; MDAIK, 38, 47 and 53; JSSEA, 14 * Occasional Publications: 7 (EES); Studia Aegyptiaca, XIV, XVII; IFAO Bd’E 106-1; BSAA 45; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the ANCE.

References

External links

Official website

Papers on The Giza Project at Harvard University
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