02 – 03/2025
Una Europa Early Career Researcher Fellowship, KU Leuven University, (two months)

11/2016 – 05/2022
M.A. degree in 'Environmental Archaeology' programme, from faculty of archaeology, Cairo university and the university of Cologne

09/2012 – 05/2016
B.A. degree in Egyptology, from faculty of archaeology, Cairo university.

Palimpsest rock art of the 'Chufu' region in the Egyptian Western Desert, as an ongoing cultural process of interactions

Rock art palimpsest in the Chufu region, Egyptian western Desert, comprises diverse images where people involve themselves in a form of dialogue. these dialogues do not occur every time, but only with selective images. So, rock art served as a communicative bridge that facilitates dialogues with those who came before. The palimpsests can be singular, where the same act is repeated, or they can be multiple, where different figures were added. This research aims to trace the past activities in rock art to illuminate how rock art played a significant role in initiating direct or/and indirect conversations such as how different social media platforms work nowadays.

2025
Ahmed Moustafa, N. (2025). The So-Called ‘Water Mountain’ Symbol in the Chufu Region, Egyptian Western Desert: New Insights and Interpretations. In: Colin A. Hope, Paweł L. Polkowski, Julie R. Anderson and Loretta Kilroe (eds.), THE OASIS PAPERS 10: The Land Where the Sun Goes Down – The Archaeology of Egypt’s Western Desert. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of Dakhleh Oasis Project. Archaeopress Archaeology: 219–34.

2023
Moustafa, N. (2023). Analysis and Typology of prehistoric ‘female representations’ in the rock art of the Chufu region, Egyptian Western Desert.  Afrique: Archéologie & Arts, 19 | 2023: 11-34.

2022
Atallah, M & Mustafa, N. Rock Art of the Khufu Region, Egyptian Western Desert: The Female Anthropomorphic Representations. Journal of Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, 25: 289-300.