DNA tests on Egyptian mummies

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16 Feb 2010, 5:52 pm

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F***, yes! They found Akhenaten! My favorite pharaoh, found!

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A lot of new info coming out from these tests. Check it out. :bounce:

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17 Feb 2010, 8:12 am

Who's your mummy? topic

I have also read that another post mortem on King Tut's remains revealled the cause of death was complications from a leg fracture and malaria.

Life in the times of the pharoahs was nasty, brutish and short, even for the royals.

Thanks for sharing.

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17 Feb 2010, 11:16 am

Thanks for posting that, it was on BBC news earlier in the Gym but I didn't have my headphones on so I didn't know what they were talking about! It's absolutely fascinating because that DNA is so old yet it's still so accurate! Amazing!

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