Carl Richard Lepsius

This Afrocentric meme here has been floating around FaceBook and Twitter alot lately. But It is just an Afrocentric fallacy (as usual). Reality is, German Egyptologist Carl Richard Lepsius was one of the proponents the Asiatic origin of the ancient Egyptians. "For these two pioneers in the field of Egyptian learning, the Asiatic origin of … Continue reading Carl Richard Lepsius

DNA mummies

Biological Sexing of a 4000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Head to Assess the Potential of Nuclear DNA Recovery from the Most Damaged and Limited Forensic Specimens Insights from ancient DNA analysis of Egyptian human mummies: clues to disease and kinship Ancient DNA results end 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy mystery