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

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

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy ...

Egyptian mummy's horrifying fate changes everything experts knew about disease The scientific name for the infection, Yersinia pestis, wiped out vast swathes of Europe but this new finding means ...

The mummy contained traces of Yersinia pestis DNA in both the bone tissue and intestines, indicating that the ancient plague had reached advanced stages at the time of the individual's death.

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...

Both the bone tissue and intestines of the mummy contained traces of Yersinia pestis DNA, indicating that the ancient plague had reached advanced stages when the individual died.

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

The mummy bore traces of Yersinia pestis DNA in both the bone tissue and intestines. This suggests the ancient plague had reached advanced stages when the mummified individual passed away.

An Egyptian genome has finally been unraveled, thanks to a sample from an at least 4,500 year-old mummy dating back to the ...

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