Egypt
Residue of Royal Mummies
There is a lot of room for doubt in the DNA results published in the JAMA last year as to the result of testing on king Tutankhamun's mummy and mummies believed related to him and the nobles Yuya and Thuyu.
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Hawass On Tutankhamun
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos of Hawass. DNA and CT scan analysis of the mummy of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1333-1323 BC) and of mummies either known or believed to be members of his immediate family have revealed startling new...
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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...
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Ten Events Concerning Egyptology
1. The most interesting news of the year must be the DNA results on the mummies believed related to king Tutankhamun and the mummies of Yuya and Thuya. Not surprisingly the human remains from Valley of kings tomb 55 still just as mysterious even if...
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Tut's Family
This is an announcement that there will be a press conference on Wednesday to announce the results of the tests on the royal mummies particularly with those related to king Tutankhamen....
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Egyptology In The Near Future
Dr Zahi Hawass is announcing that there will be a number of new discoveries revealed in the next few months including discoveries at Saqqara. He also says he has also granted permission for a robot to enter the great pyramid to explore the shafts. Dr....
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