For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Underneath him were Egypt's social elite, the nobles, who effectively governed Egypt for the pharaoh. Lower down were the educated professional classes, such as scribes, accountants and doctors.

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

The ancient Egyptians faced chronic hunger and suffered severe gastrointestinal disorders due to drinking polluted water from the Nile River. Many of the mummies were young adults between 17 and ...

The mysteries of the ancient Egyptians are vast, ... From the earliest era of the Egyptian empire, men and women from all social classes liberally applied eyeliner, eyeshadow, ...

While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. ... economic, and social structure, ...