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DNA From A 5’2″ Man Buried 4.5–4.8 Kyr Ago In Nuwayrat, S Cairo, Egypt, Was Sequenced, Marking The First Ancient Egyptian Whole Genome. Found In 1902, He Had N African Ancestry With 20% From The Fertile Crescent, Aligning With Egypt-Mesopotamia Exchange Theories. Though Buried In An Elite Tomb, Bone Stress Shows Toil, Possibly Pottery.

Oldest and most complete ancient Egyptian human genome ever sequenced reveals ties to Mesopotamia | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/oldest-and-most-complete-ancient-egyptian-human-genome-ever-sequenced-reveals-ties-to-mesopotamia

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with Mesopotamian DNA.