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Ancient Egyptian Genome
July 7 , 2025
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- Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago.
- This is the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date.
- The body belongs to an adult male who died more than 4,500 years ago during Egypt’s Old Kingdom.
- About 22% of his DNA is a close match to early farmers from Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq, western Iran, southern Syria, southeast Turkiye).
- Previously, only three ancient Egyptian genetic datasets were available from later periods —787 cal. BCE to 23 cal. CE.
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