By Will Dunham
(Reuters) -Rana is obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt at a time when the first pyramids were built, and it provides evidence of the relationships between two great cultures in this period, with his five genetic grandparents that were tracked to Postiopotamia.
Although based on one genome, the results provide a unique vision of the genetic history of the ancient Egyptians – a difficult task given that Egypt’s hot climate does not lead to the preservation of DNA.
The researchers extracted the DNA from the roots of two toothpicks, part of the remains of the skeleton of the man who was buried for thousands of years inside a large ceramic container chosen inside a rock grave. Then they managed to sequence the whole genome, which is the first for anyone who lived in ancient Egypt.
The researchers said, at the beginning of a period of prosperity and stability, known as the construction of huge pyramids as massive pharaoh tombs.
The ceramic ship was drilled in 1902 at a site called Nuwayrat near the village of Bani Hassan, about 170 miles (270 km) south of Cairo. The researchers said that the man was about 60 years old when he died, and that his skeleton sides alluded to his possibility as a porcelain.
DNA showed that the man often descended from the locals, where about 80 % of its origin was tracked to Egypt or adjacent parts of North Africa. However, about 20 % of its origin was tracked to an area of the ancient Near East called the Fertile Crescent, which included Mesopotamia.
“This refers to great genetic links between ancient Egypt and the fertile eastern crescent,” said the population of the population of the population Adelene Mozz Jacobs of the University of Liverpool John Morris in England and the Francis Creek Institute in London, the author of the study published in the Journal of Nature Journal: “This indicates great genetic links between ancient Egypt and the fertile eastern crescent.”
The results are based on archaeological evidence on trade and cultural exchanges between ancient Egypt and Misobotamia, a region that extends over modern Iraq and parts of Iran and Syria.
During the third millennium BC, Egypt and Mesopotamia were at the forefront of human civilization, with achievements in writing, architecture, art, religion and technology.
The researchers said that Egypt showed cultural links with Mesopotamia, based on some common technical points, architecture and imports such as Lazoli, Blue Stone is half -inverted.
The pottery wheel from Mesopotamia appeared for the first time in Egypt at a time when the man lived, which is a period when the first pyramids began to appear near modern Cairo, starting from the pyramid of the Pharaoh Diour step in Saqra and then the great Pyramid in his Pharaoh Kovu in Giga.
About 90 % of the men’s skeleton was preserved. It stood about 5 feet and 3 (1.59 meters), with a thin building. He also had cases consistent with older age, such as osteoporosis and arthritis, as well as a large unprecedented abscess of tooth infection.
“The old recovery of the DNA of Egyptian remains was exceptionally difficult due to the hot climate of Egypt, which speeds up the deterioration of DNA, with high temperatures of genetic materials collapsed over time compared to the cooler and more stable environments,” said the genetic specialist at the Karac Institute of Francis Crik.
“In this case, it is possible that the individual’s burial in the pot of the ceramic bowl inside the grave of the cut rocks has contributed to maintaining the unusual DNA of the area,” added Skoglund.
The fact that his burial happened before embalming became a record practice in Egypt that may have helped avoid the deterioration of the DNA because his remains smoked detailed preservation techniques.
Scientists have struggled to restore ancient Egyptian genomics, according to the world of genetics and study, co -author Linus Gerland Flink of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. One of the previous efforts resulted in the partial genome sequence of three individuals who lived for about 1500 years after a Nuwayrat man.
Looking at a busy record, the researchers were surprised by their success in the man’s genome sequence.
“Yes, it was a long shot,” said Soggond.
The man may have worked as a porcelain or in a trade with similar movements because his bones had muscle signs of sitting for long periods of extended ends.
“All indicators are consistent with the movements and parking positions, as shown in the ancient Egyptian photos,” said Joel Irch, a biologist and author of the study, Joel Irch. “He would have obtained a high position to be buried in a rock grave. This struggle with his difficult physical life and guessing him was that he was a Potter, who was usually a working class. Maybe Potter was excellent.”
(Will Dunaham’s reports in Washington, edited by Rozlabba O’Brien) participated in the reports of Will Dun.
