Nabil Swelim

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

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.