Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

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

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Scientists decoded the DNA of an ancient Egyptian man, uncovering surprising links to both North Africa and Mesopotamia in a ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...