The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

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WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to ...

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Beneath layers of earth, jungle, and ocean lie the forgotten stories of powerful civilizations—their cities lost to time, their secrets waiting to be unearthed. In this documentary, we journey deep ...

Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country and alongside Mesopotamia was a part of the Fertile Crescent which is ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as similarities in pottery-making ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Ancient Greek historians disagreed on the origin of the Etruscans, who deeply influenced the Ancient Romans and traded with ...