Elena Pischikova is the director of the American-Egyptian South Asasif Conservation Project. She is currently a research scholar at the American University in Cairo, and teaches at Fairfield University in Connecticut. During her twelve years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Pischikova directed the project on the re-excavation, conservation, and reconstruction of the 26th Dynasty tomb of the Vizier Nespakashuty at Deir el-Bahri. In 2012, under her direction the South Asasif Conservation Project launched a series of international conferences, "Thebes in the First Millennium BC."

Kushite Tombs of The South Asasif Necropolis Edited by Elena Pischikova Robert Morkot, University of Exeter, UK Kushites in Thebes Christopher Naunton, Egypt Exploration Society Titles of Karakhamun and Hierarchy of Kushite Society Elena Pischikova, AUC History of the South Asasif Necropolis and its Discovery Dieter Eigner, University of Vienna, Austria Karakhamun Revisited Some Remarks on the Architecture of TT 223 Miguel Molinero Polo, University of La Laguna, Spain Textual Program of the Tomb of Karakhamun Kenneth Griffin, Swansea University, UK Book of the Dead in the Second Pillared Hall of the Tomb of Karakhamun Elena Pischikova, AUC Decorative Program of the Tombs of Karabasken and Karakhamun and Styles of Relief Carving Jack Josephson, NYU Royal Sculpture at the Onset of the 25th Dynasty Miguel Molinero Polo, University of La Laguna, Spain Astronomical Ceiling in the Burial Chamber of Karakhamun John Taylor, The British Museum Burial Equipment in the Tomb of Karakhamun Julia Budka, University of Vienna, Austria Pottery from the Tomb of Karakhamun Salima Ikram, AUC Animal Bones in the Tomb of Karakhamun