A new study sequencing the first complete ancient Egyptian genome reveals the 4,500-year-old man had significant ancestry from Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

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In Ancient Egypt, 1,500 years before Christ, cats were not only companions but afforded almost godly status. In a more ...

It has revealed how Ancient Egypt became a great civilisation.

Scientists have decoded the DNA of an ancient Egyptian man. His remains, found in a clay pot, suggest cultural links between ...

As women adopt an accessory traditionally worn by men, designers have begun creating unusual statement pieces for that ...

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

The 'elegant' face of an ancient Egyptian priestess whose singing was said to be able to calm the gods can be seen for the ...

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

Manchester Museum is asking visitors whether the mummified remains of an Egyptian woman should continue to be displayed. The body of Asru, a high-status Egyptian woman believed to have lived around ...