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New Evidence Supports Modern Greeks Having DNA of Ancient Mycenaeans
GreekReporter.com ^
| June 22, 2020
| Stavros Anastasiou
Posted on 06/28/2020 3:18:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
New emerging DNA evidence suggests that living Greeks are indeed descendants of the ancient Mycenaeans, who ruled mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC.
The proof comes from a study in which scientists analyzed the genes from the teeth of 19 people across various archaeological sites within mainland Greece and Mycenae. A total of 1.2 million letters of genetic code were compared to those of 334 people across the world.
Genetic information was also compiled from a group of thirty modern Greek individuals in order to compare it to the ancient genomes. This allowed researchers to effectively plot how individuals were related to one another.
One aspect that was revealed in the study was how the Mycenaeans themselves were closely related to the Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete from 2,000 BC to 1,400 BC.
Both cultures were shown to carry genes for brown hair and brown eyes, characteristics that are reflected on their frescoes and pottery, despite having different languages.
Fresco of a Mycenaean Woman depicted with dark hair and eyes.
According to Harvard population geneticist Iosif Lazaridis, any difference between the two civilizations suggests that a second wave of people came to mainland Greece from Eastern Europe, yet were unable to reach the island of Crete and in time they became known as the Mycenaeans.
After comparing the DNA of modern Greeks to ancient Mycenaeans, a genetic overlap was discovered that suggests that these ancient Bronze Age civilizations laid the genetic groundwork for later peoples.
(Excerpt) Read more at greece.greekreporter.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; catastrophism; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; greece; greeks; helixmakemineadouble; mycenaeans; navigation; trojanwar
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:18:32 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:19:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:19:40 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:26:01 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Unclear what they mean about a second wave. The Mycenaeans most assuredly reached Crete.
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:26:47 PM PDT
by
Buttons12
To: SunkenCiv
“the voices are annoying IMHO”
—
Sound like kids trying not to wake up Mom who’s sleeping in the next room.
Interesting post topic, thanks.
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:31:41 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
To: SunkenCiv
According to Greek myths, king Minos of Crete ruled the Mediterranean including Greece.
I imagine the second wave was Doric Greeks as opposed to the earlier Ionics. A good example of Doric Greeks was Alexander.
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:33:06 PM PDT
by
yarddog
( For I am persuaded.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wonder who the Dorians were?
Since they conquered the Mycenaeans and put Bronze Age Greece into a dark age.
I’m reading 1177 BC - The year civilization collapsed. Maybe I haven’t got to the answer yet.
SunkenCiv - thanks for posting these articles. Very interesting for some of us.
To: crusher2013
I thought 1977 was the year civilization collapsed.
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:37:46 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
If Syria was attacking Turkey from behind would Greece help?
To: HighSierra5
Anatolian Turks have 99% Greek ancestry.
To: crusher2013
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:57:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Buttons12; yarddog
The Mycenaeans were the Greek-speaking coat of paint as it were over a number of other related peoples in (mostly western) Anatolia, Greece, and tghe Aegean. As everywhere else in those areas where the Minoans had been found either as residents or as maritime traders, the Mycenaeans took over.
And before anyone brings it up, no, it had nothing to do with Thera.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:01:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
And bluer than togas were her eyes.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:02:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
The piano music is what irritates me. Pretentious sounding. The design of the entrance reminds me of The Sowden House. I wonder if this is the site of Frank Lloyd Wright's inspiration.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:08:27 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
Very interesting, yet this confirms what we thought fir years
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:33:15 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: HighSierra5
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:44:53 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: OneVike
Ventris' mid-20th c discovery that Linear B records 'archaic' Greek pretty much nailed it down.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:50:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
The rest of the Mycenaeans keyword, chrono:
- New Evidence Supports Modern Greeks Having DNA of Ancient Mycenaeans [2020]
- Archaeologists find Bronze Age tombs lined with gold [2019]
- Ancient Tablets May Reveal What Destroyed Minoan Civilization [2019]
- Scholars say Philistine genes help solve biblical mystery [2019]
- 3,600-yr-old Shipwreck Uncovered Could be Oldest Ever Found in the Mediterranean [Antalya, Turkey] [2019]
- 3,200-Year-Old Cyclopean Masonry Fortress... Ancient Thrace Was Part of Mycenaean Civilization [tr] [2018]
- Mycenaean Tomb found intact Nemea [2018]
- Navarino Environmental Observatory: Drought ended Mycenaean era in ancient Greece [2018]
- Researcher's swinging blade offers glimpse into how ancient Mycenaeans built palaces [2018]
- New study finds: Ancient Mycenaean civilization might have collapsed due to uprising or invasion [2018]
- Mycenaean findings: Gigantic 1250 BC building project in northern Copais [2018]
- Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid' [2018]
- Sprawling Greek monuments built 4,500 years ago on 'the world's oldest maritime sanctuary'... [2018]
- DNA clue to origins of early Greek civilization [2017]
- Throne of Homer's hero is unearthed [2016]
- Devastating 'World War ZERO' destroyed ancient civilisations and plunged Europe into a dark age [2016]
- World War Zero brought down mystery civilisation of 'sea people' [2016]
- Excavations at Idalion, Cyprus: Crossing Cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean [April 6, 2016] [2016]
- 4,000-Year-Old Necropolis with more than 100 Tombs Discovered Near Bethlehem [2016]
- Bronze-Age Cemetery Discovered Near Bethlehem [2016]
- The first inter-cultural 'party' in Europe? [2015]
- Grave of 'Griffin Warrior' at Pylos Could Be a Gateway to Civilizations [2015]
- Archaeologists making exciting discoveries in Laconia [2015]
- Ancient Greek palace unearthed near Sparta dates back to 17th century BC [2015]
- Last practitioner of Minoan rituals may have lived in Jerusalem's Old City till '48 [2015]
- Barley and wheat residues in Neolithic cemeteries of Central Sudan and Nubia [2015]
- Untouched Mycenaean Tomb Found in Central Greece [2015]
- Mycenean artifacts found in Bodrum [Halicarnassus] [2014]
- 2,800-Year-Old Zigzag Art Found in Greek Tomb [2014]
- Archaeologists Excavate Lower City of Mycenae [2014]
- The Greek Age of Bronze -- Middle Helmets [2014]
- Greek Island of Santorini Volcano Erupted in 16th Century [2014]
- Cultural connections with Europe found in ancient Jordanian settlement [2014]
- Ancient Palace's Painted Floors Display Bronze-Age Creativity [2014]
- Bride, Kosovo [2013]
- Pollen Study Points to Drought as Culprit in Bronze Age Mystery (Global Warming in Ancient Times) [2013]
- Mycenaean artifacts found in Bodrum [2013]
- Akrotiri, Santorini: the Minoan Pompeii - part 6 [2013]
- Akrotiri, Santorini: the Minoan Pompeii - part 5 [2013]
- Minoan Frescoes at Tel Kabri: Aegean Art in Bronze Age Israel [2013]
- Akrotiri, Santorini: the Minoan Pompeii -- part 4 [2013]
- Akrotiri, Santorini: the Minoan Pompeii - part 3 [2013]
- Akrotiri, Santorini: the Minoan Pompeii - part 2 [2013]
- Did an Earthquake Destroy Ancient Greece? [2013]
- Athenian 'Snake Goddess' Gets New Identity [2013]
- La Bastida unearths 4,200-year-old fortification, unique in continental Europe [2012]
- The Birth of Bureaucracy (Where Long Lines, Red Tape & Arcane Rules Began; 1650 to 1100 B.C.) [2012]
- Underwater archaeology: Hunt for the ancient mariner [2012]
- Rare Cuneiform Script Found on Island of Malta [2011]
- Rain unearths unknown Mycenaean cemetery [2011]
- Bulgarian Archaeology Finds Said to Rewrite History of Black Sea Sailing [2011]
- Ancient Tablet Found: Oldest Readable Writing in Europe [2011]
- Archaeologists On Crete Find Skeleton Covered With Gold Foil In 2,700-year-old Grave [2010]
- Greece. They found the palace belonging to one of the Heroes of the Iliad? [Egyptian artifact, 2006] [2010]
- Fortifications on Gournia Debunk Myth of Peaceful Minoan Society [2010]
- Dynasty of Priestesses [ Iron Age necropolis of Orthi Petra at Eleutherna on Crete ] [2010]
- First Minoan Shipwreck: An unprecedented find off the coast of Crete [2010]
- Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace [2009]
- Akrotiri, Santorini: the Minoan Pompeii - part 1 [of 6] [2009]
- "The Catastrophe" What the End of Bronze-Age Civilization Means for Modern Times [2009]
- Archaeology meets mythology in Mycenean Pylos (King Nestor) [2009]
- Phaistos Disk: Greek or Luwian? [2009]
- Making merry at Knossos [2009]
- Race to preserve the world's oldest submerged town [ Pavlopetri in Greece ] [2009]
- Ancient Greece's 'global warming' [2009]
- Mythic Birthplace of Zeus Said Found [2009]
- New Evidence From Excavations In Arcadia, Greece, Supports Theory Of 'Birth Of Zeus' [2009]
- Archaeology professor scrutinizes age-old mystery [ Uluburun wreck excavation] [2008]
- Grog of the Greeks [ barley beer, honey mead, retsina wine ] [2008]
- Mycenaean warrior used 'imported sword' [2008]
- Graves Found From Sahara's Green Period [2008]
- Normand Hammond [2008]
- FSU classics professor exploring a 'lost' city of the Mycenaeans [2008]
- Ancient Tomb Found On Greek Island [2008]
- NEW DISCOVERIES AT THE ASH ALTAR OF ZEUS, MT LYKAION... ANCIENT GREECE'S MOST POWERFUL GOD [2008]
- A serving of Philistine culture: Boar, dog and fine wine [2007]
- Prehistoric Greek Water Works Found [ Mycenaean citadel of Midea ] [2007]
- Mycenaean and Hittite Diplomatic Correspondence: Fact and Fiction [ PDF file ] [2007]
- By Zeus! (Greeks return to paganism) [2007]
- Modern pagans honor Zeus in Athens [2007]
- Shattered clues for solving Greek island's riddle [2006]
- Unique Mycenaean suit of armor due for conservation [2006]
- Greek Archaeologists Confirm Authenticity Of 'Theseus Ring' [2006]
- Explorer Ballard heads exploration of undersea volcano [2006]
- Virgil's Demi-God City 'Found' [2006]
- Archaeologist Links Ancient Palace, Ajax [2006]
- Old Egypt investigator identifies to mysterious Hyksos kings [sic] [2006]
- Palace Of Homer's Hero Rises Out Of Myths [2006]
- By the power of Zeus, ancient gods are back (Greeks allowed to worship pagan gods) [2006]
- Experts Prepare Excavation on Greek Island [2006]
- Helen Of Troy Existed? [2005]
- Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore [2005]
- Mycenaean Port of Athens Found? [2005]
- Mycenaean Port Of Athens Found [2005]
- In Search of the Real Troy [2005]
- Cretan Excavation Sheds New Light On Dark Ages Of Greek History [2004]
- The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization [2004]
- Pagans are reviving the polytheistic religions of the ancient Greeks,and other civilizations. [2004]
- Minoan ship to ply Greek seas for first time in 3,500 years [2004]
- 50 Ancient Tombs Uncovered (1400BC, Crete) [2004]
- Debate Erupts Anew: Did Thera's Explosion Doom Minoan Crete? [2003]
- Biblical Plagues and Parting of Red Sea caused by Volcano [2002]
- Who Really Discovered America? [2002]
- Dig Unearths Mycenaean 'Homeric Capital' [2002]
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:50:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Buttons12
They couldn’t reach Crete cos it was already inhabited by millions of crawling
cretins.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:58:28 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect??)
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