Articles for tag: ancient egypt, archaeology, DNA Sequencing, Genetic Ancestry, Mesopotamia, Old Kingdom

Rock-cut tombs housed the burial of an Egyptian man

Oldest Egyptian Genome Reveals Ancient Ties to Mesopotamia

Suhail Ahmed

A team of scientists has recently sequenced the oldest and most complete genome from the Egypt known as the “Ruler of Nekhen”. The man lived between 4500–4800 years ago which is contemporaneous with the dawn of the Old Kingdom. His groundbreaking findings show he was genotypically linked with North Africa and greatly associated with Mesopotamia, ...