Egypt
- Royals In The Lab
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It's all go at Al Ahram this week. A SECOND facility for testing the DNA and the lineage of ancient Egyptian royal mummies is ready to go into operation, Nevine El-Aref reports. The laboratory is similar to the one...
- Egypt Opens Second Dna Laboratory
chinaview.cn Cairo University inaugurated a new DNA lab to find clues of mummies' family links here on Monday. The lab is the second of its kind in Egypt. The first one was established at the Egyptian Museum two years ago, said Dr. Hossam Kamel,...
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Mummy
Egypt State Information Service More re the announcement by Zahi Hawass that an anonymous mummy is going to undergo DNA testing with a view to determining if it is Tuthmosis I. A mummy found at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor might belong to Tohotmos...
- More Re Recent Ct Scans
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said that CT-scan results have ruled out that one of the newly discovered mummies in Luxor was that of ancient queen Nefertiti. A team of Egyptian archaeologists and researchers suggested...
- Rosetta National Museum To Be Inaugurated In November
http://tinyurl.com/e2xwy "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni will inaugurate the Rosetta National Museum after refurbishing works in the second half of November. The rehabilitation operations of the museum took two years to be completed at a total cost...
Egypt
Egypt to establish up to date labs to conduct DNA tests
http://tinyurl.com/2yc5pv (sis.gov.eg)
"Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas has said the government is planning to establish an up-to-date laboratory to conduct DNA tests on mummies. Hawwas said the lab will cost $3 million to be paid by the American National Geographic network. The American TV will further produce a documentary on Queen Hatshepsut, he added. Hawwas noted that the lab will be equipped with state of the art technology and located at the basement of the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. 'Egyptian scientists and archaeologists will supervise the DNA tests, led by the head of the National Centre for Research and Tests Dr Hani el-Nazir,' he said. Hawwas said he was one of the staunch opponents of conducting DNA tests on mummies in the past because of poor equipment, which yield incorrect results."
Hawass goes on to remark that in the past this type of work has been exclusive to "unspecialized foreigners, who were just seeking fame".
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- Royals In The Lab
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It's all go at Al Ahram this week. A SECOND facility for testing the DNA and the lineage of ancient Egyptian royal mummies is ready to go into operation, Nevine El-Aref reports. The laboratory is similar to the one...
- Egypt Opens Second Dna Laboratory
chinaview.cn Cairo University inaugurated a new DNA lab to find clues of mummies' family links here on Monday. The lab is the second of its kind in Egypt. The first one was established at the Egyptian Museum two years ago, said Dr. Hossam Kamel,...
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Mummy
Egypt State Information Service More re the announcement by Zahi Hawass that an anonymous mummy is going to undergo DNA testing with a view to determining if it is Tuthmosis I. A mummy found at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor might belong to Tohotmos...
- More Re Recent Ct Scans
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said that CT-scan results have ruled out that one of the newly discovered mummies in Luxor was that of ancient queen Nefertiti. A team of Egyptian archaeologists and researchers suggested...
- Rosetta National Museum To Be Inaugurated In November
http://tinyurl.com/e2xwy "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni will inaugurate the Rosetta National Museum after refurbishing works in the second half of November. The rehabilitation operations of the museum took two years to be completed at a total cost...