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To: bedolido
what dna would they test against?

There are other royal mummies that have been identified by cartouches from around that time. The DNA problem begins when you read the history. The Egyptian pharoahs practiced inter-family breeding on a grand scale. Contructing an historical family tree for any Egyptian dynasty is worth a migraine headache. How they can tell the right mummy from the wrong mummy for DNA testing will be fascinating.

33 posted on 06/10/2003 11:28:49 AM PDT by xJones
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To: xJones
"The Egyptian pharoahs practiced inter-family breeding on a grand scale"

There was also a theory that young Pharaos-to-be may not have been the products of the married brothers and sisters' unions...it's still gonna be tough.

36 posted on 06/10/2003 11:34:09 AM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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