Nabil Swelim

{{Short description|Egyptian Egyptologist (1930–2015)}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix =  | name = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = نبيل ﺳﻮﻳﻠﻢ | native_name_lang = ar | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth year|1930}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|23|1930}} | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality =  | citizenship =  | other_names = | occupation = Egyptologist | period = | known_for = | title = | boards =  | spouse = | partner = | children = Tarek Swelim | parents = | relatives = | awards =  | website = {{URL|https://nabilswelim.com/}} | education = | alma_mater = Eötvös Loránd University (PhD, Summa cum laude,1981)<br>Egyptian Naval College(1952) | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences =  | era = | discipline =  | sub_discipline =  | workplaces =  | doctoral_students =  | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced =  | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Nabil M. A. Swelim''' ({{langx|ar|نبيل ﺳﻮﻳﻠﻢ}}; 1930 – September 23, 2015)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Verner |first1=Miroslav |title=The Pyramids (New and Revised): The Archaeology and History of Egypt's Iconic Monuments |date=4 January 2021 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |isbn=978-1-64903-208-9 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Pyramids_New_and_Revised/-GtjEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Nabil+Swelim&pg=PA67&printsec=frontcover |access-date=14 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> was an Egyptian Egyptologist who specialized in the study of pyramids.

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.

He discovered the dry moat surrounding the Pyramid of Djoser and the Pyramid of Sinki.

He was part of a team of archaeologists who visited Bosnia to investigate the Bosnian pyramid claims.<ref>{{cite news |title=What have Egyptian Experts said about Bosnian Pyramids? |url=https://sarajevotimes.com/egyptian-experts-said-bosnian-pyramids/ |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=Sarajevo Times |date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

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.

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==External links== * [https://nabilswelim.com/ Official website] * [http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/modernpeople/5379/full/ Papers on The Giza Project at Harvard University]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swelim, Nabil}} Category:1930 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Eötvös Loránd University alumni Category:Egyptian Naval College alumni Category:Egyptian Egyptologists