Jul 04 2007
DNA Tests to be Used to Identify Pharaoh
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CAIRO - Egypt will run DNA tests on an unidentified mummy to determine whether it is the pharaoh Tuthmosis I, who ruled over a period of military expansion and extensive construction, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
Egypt’s chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said the findings would be compared with DNA from mummies of known members of Tuthmosis’s family, including Queen Hatshepsut, whose mummy was identified last week, and Kings Tuthmosis II and III, according to MENA.
Hawass said on Wednesday that he had recently concluded that a mummy once assumed to be that of Tuthmosis I was not in fact his, but belonged to a much younger man who died from an arrow wound.
According to MENA, Hawass said the conclusion had prompted a new search for Tuthmosis’s mummy.
Tuthmosis, who took the throne somewhere around 1506 BC, led a series of successful military expeditions, expanding Egypt’s territory into Nubia and the Levant.After his death, he was succeeded by Tuthmosis II, his son from a minor wife, who chose to marry his royal half-sister, the famous Queen Hatshepsut, to cement his claim to the throne.
I still find it amazing how the many breakthroughs in DNA analysis has made such a deep impact on so many different fields. From Criminal Justice, Sociology, Genealogy, Anthropology to even History. Where would be without this technology?
I think one of the most important aspects of the progress is what it can do for cancer research and other serious diseases. Let’s hope they keep the progress up so people don’t have to die early for apparently no reason!
Wouldn’t it be neat if they could use DNA evidence to confirm whether the Shroud of Turin was actually Jesus?
Not that I’m sure where we’d get the DNA sample to test, of course.
I have friends who’ve had a hard time getting pregnant and DNA testing has played a big role in their fertility treatments. It’s amazing technology.
Could DNA test solve if the kid is Michael Jackson’s son in Billy Jean?
I have to say that this is an amazing thing for any person to see. I am astounded on how they are able to match the DNA and find out who it is precisely. Thanks for writing this post. I appreciate it a lot and find it very informative.
wow this is an amazing one.
this new technology helps in so many ways, i hope they will soon be able to manufacture artificial DNA and could cure many sorts of cancer