Abeer Eladany
Egyptologist and archaeologist
Abeer Eladany FSAScot is a Cairo born Egyptologist and archaeologist. She has a particular interest in human remains, the history of Egyptology and museology with a particular focus on ethics and repatriation and making museum collections accessible. She is known for her work in Egyptology, particularly for finding a fragment of wood from Great Pyramid of Giza in the University of Aberdeen's collection in 2021.
Education and career
Eladany studied conservation and Egyptian archaeology at Cairo University and Helwan University. After graduating she worked at the Egyptian Museum for over a decade. She then moved to the UK to pursue her MSc and PhD in biomedical and forensic studies in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, where she studied Egyptian art in the collections housed at British Museum in London.
In 2015 Eladany gained a MLitt in museum studies from the University of Aberdeen.
She is currently the curatorial assistant at the University of Aberdeen, where she has managed the art collection since 2018. She curates the art collection, plans and coordinates art installations at the university, and supports the curation of other university collections.
Eladany is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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