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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nodnarb: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by BlessedbyHorus: [qb] I am personally for certain that these samples do not represent ethnic/native Egyptian. Again, they appear to be from the delta region that received Eurasian migrants throughout time. COULD it be possible that some of these sampled mummies descend from Hyksos migrants who came before the New Kingdom period? Either way I doubt this is representative for Upper Egyptians during the periods the study has. Also, even if Ramesse III was not E1b1ba, he would still be E1b1b. Both which are African paternal ancestries. And Ramesse III came from a period well after the New Kingdom and IIRC was from Lower Egypt. If anything this seems to revive the dynastic race theory to SOME extent. @Nodnard @Punos_Rey Thoughts? [/qb][/QUOTE]I myself was reminded of the late dynastic Egyptian tendency to depend on foreign mercenaries for their military. Not sure if these mercenaries would have been mummified, but they seem to have been numerous enough to eventually predominate the Egyptian forces. [QUOTE]The XIX and XX Dynasties saw some of the most spectacular exploits of Egyptian power but also its decline, with Egypt barely able to defend its frontiers and relying heavily on mercenaries. By the middle of the 12th century sixty percent of the soldiers were non-Egyptians. ... The resurgence of Egyptian power after the occupations of the country by Libyans, Kushites and Assyrians was mostly based on the hiring of foreign mercenaries from the east and north: Ionians and Carians, Jews, Aramaeans, Phoenicians and others. They were deployed when native forces were considered to be unreliable. Jewish contingents were stationed at Elephantine and Aramaeans at Syene after Egyptian troops had deserted and fled into Nubia.[/QUOTE][URL=http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/army.htm]Source[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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