Egypt
- Uwo 'ground Zero' For Mummy Studies: Researcher
Toronto Sun Two University of Western Ontario researchers have won international grants for their projects, one of which will make the university the "ground zero" of mummy studies. Using CT scans to help him look inside mummies, researcher Andrew Nelson...
- Cleopatra’s True Racial Background (and Does It Really Matter?)
Oxford University Press blog (Duane W. Roller) Racial profiling and manipulation have been around for a very long time. It has become an issue in contemporary politics, and over 2500 years ago the Greek historian Herodotos wrote that ethnicity was regularly...
- Investigations Into The Domestication Of The Dog
New York Times (Nicholas Wade) Oh okay, slightly off topic, but it is a quiet news day today. Few people spend their honeymoon catching and drawing blood from village dogs up and down Africa. But Ryan and Corin Boyko, two anthropologists at the University...
- Sister Of Cleopatra May Have Been Found
Times Online ARCHEOLOGISTS and forensic experts believe they have identified the skeleton of Cleopatra’s younger sister, murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen. The remains of Princess Arsinöe, put to death in 41BC on...
- More Re Donkey Domestication
Science Daily An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously...
Egypt
A new picture of ethnic diversity
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/health/16136188.htm
"Scholars have long believed that ancient Egypt was a genetic stew of ethnicity, as the fabled kingdom was both a center of international trade and often the victim of foreign invasions. Now, new evidence suggests that may have been true even in the upper echelons of society, according to researchers who have used a blend of art and science to re-create what the ancients looked like in real life. They have used CAT scans to model the skulls of seven mummies from various museums, including one unveiled yesterday at Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences, revealing physical features that range from Mediterranean to African. . . . He cautioned against drawing firm conclusions from such a small sample, and he stressed that ethnic traits were a small part of his research. But he said the findings suggested a society where race had little to do with class."
- Uwo 'ground Zero' For Mummy Studies: Researcher
Toronto Sun Two University of Western Ontario researchers have won international grants for their projects, one of which will make the university the "ground zero" of mummy studies. Using CT scans to help him look inside mummies, researcher Andrew Nelson...
- Cleopatra’s True Racial Background (and Does It Really Matter?)
Oxford University Press blog (Duane W. Roller) Racial profiling and manipulation have been around for a very long time. It has become an issue in contemporary politics, and over 2500 years ago the Greek historian Herodotos wrote that ethnicity was regularly...
- Investigations Into The Domestication Of The Dog
New York Times (Nicholas Wade) Oh okay, slightly off topic, but it is a quiet news day today. Few people spend their honeymoon catching and drawing blood from village dogs up and down Africa. But Ryan and Corin Boyko, two anthropologists at the University...
- Sister Of Cleopatra May Have Been Found
Times Online ARCHEOLOGISTS and forensic experts believe they have identified the skeleton of Cleopatra’s younger sister, murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen. The remains of Princess Arsinöe, put to death in 41BC on...
- More Re Donkey Domestication
Science Daily An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously...