Researchers Sequence Whole Genome of Ancient Egyptian

Jul 2, 2025 - 16:00
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Researchers Sequence Whole Genome of Ancient Egyptian
Nebamun hunting in the marshes with his wife and daughter, part of a wall painting from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, New Kingdom, 1350 BC. Image credit: Werner Forman Archive / Bridgeman Images.

An international team of scientists has sequenced the whole genome from an adult male Egyptian who lived between over 4,500 years ago -- a few centuries after Egyptian unification, bridging the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods.

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