Modern Egyptians share 8% of their genome with central Africans, far more than ancient ones, according to the study, published in the journal Nature Communications. The mummies used were from the New Kingdom and a later period, (a period later than the Middle Kingdom) when Egypt was under Roman rule.Įgyptian mummy. This is the Eastern Mediterranean which today includes the countries of Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. They found that the ancient Egyptians were most closely related to the peoples of the Near East, particularly from the Levant. But a group of international researchers, using unique methods, have overcome the barriers to do just that. The problem, it was thought, is that mummy DNA couldn’t be sequenced. Curiously, some extreme Right groups have even used blood group data to proclaim a Nordic origin to King Tutankhamun and his brethren. There were several in fact, highly advanced African empires and kingdoms throughout history. Reactionaries, meanwhile, say that there’s never been any significant black civilizations-an utter falsehood, of course. The video, a 10-minute mini-film, includes performances by Eddie Murphy and Magic Johnson.
We can see this interpretation portrayed in Michael Jackson’s 1991 music video for Remember the Timefrom his Dangerous album. Some today believe they were sub-Saharan Africans.
Egyptologists, writers, scholars, and others, have argued the race of the ancient Egyptians since at least the 1970s.
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