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When European researchers first revealed the genetic secrets of these Egyptian mummies in , they compared the data taken from the preserved bodies with current-day citizens and found that "modern Egyptians share more ancestry with Sub-Saharan Africans than ancient Egyptians did, whereas ancient Egyptians were found to be most closely related to ancient people from the Near East.
The Parabon team says its reconstructions are "highly consistent" with that assessment. Any clues on fashion choices such as likely facial hair, of course, have to come from the historical record. Mummies, it appears, are having a moment. Earlier this year, scientists found the oldest known instruction manual on mummification , as well as an Egyptian mummy with a golden tongue. And last year brought a stunning reveal of an Egyptian coffin opened for the first time in 2, years.
The images of the three men go a long way toward personalizing such well-preserved bodies. Says Greytak, "This study was an exciting proof-of-concept of how much we can learn about ancient people from their DNA.
Someone was actually doing coronoidectomy 4, years ago. Some doctors and Egyptologists doubted that ancient Egyptians could perform that complex operation with primitive tools.
To show it was possible, Gupta, Chapman and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon performed the bone removal on two cadavers using a chisel and mallet. They drove the chisel between the lips and gums behind the wisdom teeth, and were able to remove the same bones missing in the mummified skull. Teeth often act as tiny genetic time capsules. Researchers have used them to tell the tales of our prehistoric human cousins called Denisovans, as well as to provide insight into the medical history of long-dead people.
They snaked a long scope with a camera into the back of the mouth. The first tooth they targeted would not budge, so Dr Fabio Nunes, who was then a molecular biologist at Massachusetts General, switched to a different molar.
After he successfully manoeuvred out from the neck, the room exhaled and gazed upon the prize. Total speculation. For several years, other teams of scientists tried fruitlessly to get DNA from the molar. Analyzing samples spanning over a millennium, researchers looked for genetic differences compared with Egyptians today.
They found that the sample set showed a strong connection with a cluster of ancient non-African populations based east of the Mediterranean Sea. Krause describes the far-reaching data set gained from looking at mitochondrial genomes: "This is not just the DNA of one person. It's the DNA of the parents, grandparents, grandparents' parents, grand-grand-grandparents' parents and so forth. Exploring Sudan's forgotten pyramids.
Krause hypothesizes that ancient Northern Egypt would be much the same, if not more, linked to the Near East. Ancient Southern Egypt might be a different matter, however, where populations lived closer to Nubia, home of the "Black Pharaohs" in what is now Sudan.
Historical conquests. One of the mummies analyzed as part of the study.
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