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

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 inside a rock-cut tomb. This unusual burial has now yielded a historic ...

Most portraits and self-portraits reflect an air of sadness and uncertainty. A self-portrait from the Lamentation series is ...

Learn about the first whole genome from Ancient Egypt, which has shed light on the life and ancestry of a potter who lived ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and Mesopotamia.

The man, whose remains were found buried in a sealed clay pot in Nuwayrat, a village south of Cairo, lived sometime between 4,500 and 4,800 years ago, which makes his DNA the oldest ancient Egyptian ...

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

Researchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time some of the oldest, and most famous, pyramids were built.