I have no reason to doubt that, based on the closeness of the words Misiri, Mizraim, and Misriyya. read more
So the DNA of the ancient Egyptians seems to have been much closer to that of the Arabs' ancestors than to those of sub-Saharan Africa. It makes the analysis more complicated, because you have two waves of Afro-Asiatic people coming in - first the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians, then the Arabs who invaded their descendants. read more
Scientists have struggled to extract DNA from Egyptian mummies for decades. A new report shows ancient Egyptians were closely related to people in the eastern Mediterranean. read more