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Egypt, genome and ancient DNA

Science news this week: An 'interstellar visitor' and the oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever sequenced

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Scientific American · 1d

4,800-Year-Old Teeth Yield First Human Genome from Ancient Egypt

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian, who lived when the earliest pyramids were built

National Geographic · 2d

This ancient Egyptian left behind 4,500-year-old DNA. Researchers recreated his face.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new secrets from the Old Kingdom.

Greek Reporter2h

The Ancient Alphabet That Might Prove the Biblical Exodus

Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

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7 must-visit ancient sites everyone should see

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

1d

Travel: Discovering Egypt by river, from pharoahs to pyramids

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...

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Queen Hatshepsut’s statues were destroyed in ancient Egypt – new study challenges the revenge theory

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

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