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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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Inside Egypt’s Enigmatic $1 Billion Grand Museum
Boasting King Tut's treasures and countless other riches, anticipation for the Grand Egyptian Museum mounts as delays thwart ...
A giant tribute to Egypt’s past that locals haven’t heard of
More than 4,000 years after the pyramids, Egypt’s leaders are pinning hopes on the Grand Egyptian Museum to revive national ...
Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia
Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...
Scientists successfully sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA. Here’s what they found.
More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...
In with the new at the ancient Giza pyramids
While the Grand Egyptian Museum hasn’t officially opened yet, it has been opening in stages over the last two years. Here’s ...
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Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton’s Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here’s What They Found
Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...
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Travel: Discovering Egypt by river, from pharoahs to pyramids
Just inside the entrance of Cairo’s must-see Egyptian Museum is an unassuming display case off to the left. Competing for attention in a sea of head-turning antiquities — from towering statues ...
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Ancient Egypt’s oldest genome reveals surprising ancestry mix
Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...