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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: Just slightly off topic: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3608648/3-800-year-old-mummy-Lady-Sattjeni-discovered-Egypt.html [QUOTE] Dr Mahmoud Afify, head of the Ancient Egyptian Archaeology Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities, said: 'The discovery is of a historic importance because Sattjeni is one of the most important figures in the Middle Kingdom, being the mother of Heqaib III and Amaeny-Senb - two of the highest authorities of Elephantine under the reign of Amenemhat III, around 1800-1775 BC.' .... She was the daughter of the nomarch Sarenput II and, after the death of all the male members of her family, she was the unique holder of the dynastic rights in the government of Elephantine.' Archaeologists have been trying to piece together the genealogy of Elephantine rulers, and officials said that the discovery of Sattjeni's mummy would help. Sattjeni's family ruled Elephantine sometime around 1800 BC, and ranked just below the family of the ruling pharaoh. [/QUOTE][qb]Why not test this one? [/qb][/QUOTE]Even if they did that, what would be the point? Doesn't really matter which one they test. What matters, is whether the U5 carrier is ethnically Egyptian. Based on Lioness's post he is, so this result counts just like any other Egyptian aDNA. [/qb][/QUOTE]What would matter is defining terms. If "indigenous" Nile Valley Africans have U5 in ancient Egypt then either it came from somewhere else or it was already there all along. Likewise if they test more than a handful of mummies and test a good sample across all periods and it comes out to be present in a high percentage then the question becomes whether this truly represents "Eurasian" mixture. If that Lineage is even that common..... Again, according to their own summary they are claiming this proves North Africans don't carry African DNA.... Then of course the next thing would be ancient Upper Egyptian and Northern Sudanese so-called "Nubians".... Wonder if they would also carry such "Non African" DNA. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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