How New DNA Findings Reshape Our Understanding of Ancient Egypt

Egypt: Queen Hatshepsut's Statues Were Destroyed in Ancient Egypt - New Study Challenges the Revenge Theory

Analysis - After the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut died around 1458 BCE, many statues of her were destroyed. Archaeologists believed that they were targeted in an act of revenge by Thutmose III, her successor. Yet the condition of the statues recovered in the vicinity of her mortuary temple varies and many survive with their faces virtually intact.

How new DNA findings reshape our understanding of ancient Egypt

For the first time, scientists have sequenced a complete DNA set from an ancient Egyptian man, the oldest studied sequence, dating to when the pyramids were...

Oldest Egyptian DNA Reveals Secrets of Elite Potter From Pyramid Era

For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up to 4,800 years ago – right when the first pyramids were being built.

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by a DNA bone test

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago sheds new light on the rise of Ancient Egypt.

Life of ancient Egyptian potter revealed in DNA analysis

The ancient Egyptian potter lived about 4,500 years ago. It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of the country's genetic history.

Skeleton found in pot is first ancient Egyptian to undergo whole genome analysis

Unusual burial of man, thought to have been a potter, in sealed vessel may have helped DNA survive past four millenniaA man whose bones were shaped by a lifetime of hard labour more than 4,500 years ago has become the first ancient Egyptian to have his entire genetic code read and analysed by scientists.The skeleton of the man, who lived at the dawn of the Age of the Pyramids, was recovered in 1902 from a sealed pottery vessel in a rock-cut tomb…