The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000. Introduction: Locating ancient ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led. Reading time 2 minutes Scientists have, for the first time, sequenced the ...

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...