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Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy
One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. Technically known as the virus Yersinia pestis, the bubonic ...
The Washington Post on MSN12d
The mystery of an ancient skull takes a new turn after DNA analysis
Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half ...
National Geographic news4y
King Tut’s Family Secrets
We set up two state-of-the-art DNA-sequencing labs, one in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and the other at the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University. The research would be led by ...
Greek Reporter10d
Ancient Philistines Were Likely of Greek Origin, DNA Study Shows
Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, as a new DNA study traces the origins of the ancient villains in the Eastern ...
The Mirror1mon
Ancient disease which wiped out 50million people discovered in DNA of Egyptian mummy
pestis DNA in an ancient Egyptian mummy of an adult male from the collection of the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. The individual, who was anthropogenically mummified, was radiocarbon-dated from ...
Science Daily29d
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250101132012.htm ...
Phys.org29d
Ancient DNA sheds light on hidden European migrations in first millennium AD
They applied the new method to more than 1,500 European genomes (a person's complete set of DNA) from people who lived primarily during the first millennium AD (year 1 to 1000), encompassing the ...