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The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, in Luxor, Egypt, November 28, 2015. MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 2, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Cairo- DNA from mummies found at a site once known for its cult to the Egyptian god of the afterlife is unwrapping intriguing insight into the people of ancient Egypt, including a surprise discovery that they had scant genetic ties to sub-Saharan Africa....
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A young boy looks at a three-dimensional image of a CT scan of an Egyptian mummy (AFP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat Online | May 13, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo – Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in catacombs in central Egypt, antiquities ministry announced on Saturday. “We found catacombs containing a number of mummies,” said Salah al-Kholi, who headed the mission that made the...