dailymail | The first ever full-genome analysis of Ancient Egyptians shows they were more Turkish and European than African.
Scientists
analysed ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from 1400 BC to 400
AD and discovered they shared genes with people from the Mediterranean.
They found that ancient Egyptians were closely related to ancient populations in the Levant - now modern day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon.
They were also genetically similar to Neolithic populations from the Anatolian Peninsula and Europe.
The
groundbreaking study used recent advances in DNA sequencing techniques
to undertake a closer examination of mummy genetics than ever before.
