Researchers have successfully sequenced the DNA from Egyptian mummies. The findings say that this is of ancient people. These people were more genetically similar to populations living in the eastern Mediterranean, a region that today includes Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and Iraq than people living in Egypt.
The remains of thousands of mummies from ancient Egypt have been excavated, but obtaining intact, undamaged DNA from the bodies has proved challenging.
The researchers found that over the 1,300-year time span, the genetics of the people in the sample remained consistent, a remarkable finding, the researchers said, because ancient Egypt had been conquered several times in those years, including by the Greeks and Romans, and through it all, served as a trading crossroads for many different people.
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