Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

The discovery of bubonic plague remnants in mummy DNA, however, appears to finally provide proof of its existence in ancient Egypt.

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. Technically known as the virus Yersinia pestis, the bubonic ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Tomb secrets: The FBI cracks the DNA code on an ancient Egyptian mummy After other teams of scientists tried fruitlessly to extract DNA from the remains, the FBI made a surprising discovery ...

An over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague marks the first case of the disease outside the Eurasian continent.

An Egyptian-Christian woman named Treveina Basily made the discovery of a lifetime when she found out that her DNA directly descends from an Ancient Egyptian mummy dating back to the Saite era, the ...

AN EERIE Egyptian mummy who died a horror death has revealed to scientists an unbelievable Black Death secret. It is believed that the 3,290-year-old embalmed remains belonged to a male who suffere… ...