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

Ancient Egyptian mummy balm probably smelled delicious Ancient Egyptian mummy balm probably smelled delicious By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Plague DNA was just found in 4,000-year-old teeth Plague DNA ...

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 ...

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

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

An over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague ... the Black Death’s existence wasn’t able to be confirmed without DNA evidence like the kind found in the mummy.

Alexander Peltzer, a population geneticist at the Planck Institute and an author on the first Egyptian mummy DNA paper, says that Loreille’s genetic findings fit well with what his team had found.

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… ...

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 dynasty, ...

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. The cvirus Yersinia pestis, or the bubonic plague, is known for ...