Ancient DNA: Curse of the Pharaoh's DNA (original) (raw)

Nature volume 472, pages 404–406 (2011) Cite this article

Some researchers claim to have analysed DNA from Egyptian mummies. Others say that's impossible. Could new sequencing methods bridge the divide?

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Jo Marchant is author of Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer.

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