Salima Ikram (Urdu: سلیمہ اکرام; born 17 May 1965) is a Pakistani professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, a participant in many Egyptian archaeological projects, the author of several books on Egyptian archaeology, a contributor to various magazines and a guest on pertinent television programs.

She developed an interest in archaeology at the age of eight upon receiving copies of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales and Ancient Egypt by Time Life Books Editors.

[4] Her PhD thesis was entitled "Choice cuts: meat production in Ancient Egypt".

[9] Since 2001, she has directed the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS) with Corinna Rossi,[10][11] and directed the North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey and the Amenmesse Mission of KV10 and KV63 in the Valley of the Kings.

[6] She has also worked with André Veldmeijer of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on the Ancient Egypt Leatherwork Project (AELP).

[14] Ikram has an active media presence, contributing to articles on Egyptology in Egypt Today and National Geographic.