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For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

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 ...

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

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

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