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#ancientegypt

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Debborah Donnelly

"researchers analyzed the man’s genetic code, finding most of his ancestry was tied to individuals who lived in N Africa... 20% of his ancestry could be traced to people who lived in Mesopotamia (around modern-day Iraq)"
#dna #AncientEgypt #Egyptology
discovermagazine.com/the-scien

Discover Magazine · The First-Ever Whole Genome of an Ancient Egyptian Reveals What Life Was Like 4,800 Years AgoBy Jack Knudson
Ancient Origins

Dogs and Jackals is a captivating board game inspired by ancient Egyptian history and is originally believed to have been played around 1800 BCE. Immerse yourself in the world of ancient Egypt with this meticulously designed reproduction, brought to life by Ancient Origins, now featuring a unique wooden box.
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Archaeology News :verified:

Ancient Egyptian genome reveals 4,500-year-old genetic ties to Mesopotamia

For the first time, scientists have successfully sequenced the complete genome of an individual from ancient Egypt, offering unprecedented insights into early Egyptian ancestry and revealing a genetic connection to Mesopotamia dating back nearly 5,000 years...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/egy

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LauraTimmis
Pot of The Day - Black-topped Red ware Jar - Predynastic Egypt, Naqada II ca. 3650–3300 B.C.

Black-topped red ware pots are a specialised type of pottery which developed during the Egyptian pre-dynastic period (4000–3000 BC).

The two tone colour effect on the pots is achieved through a combination of oxidation (red) and reduction (black) firing. This shows early potters had sophisticated ceramics skills and there’s been extensive research done by archeologists to determine how they did this. The current understanding is that the ancient potters fired the pieces in two stages. The first stage was to bring the ware up to a ‘red-hot’ stage in a kiln (approx 540 degrees C), the pots would then be removed and placed top down into a bed of sawdust (or similar material). The buried section of the pot would be in a ‘reduced’ environment allowing the carbon to develop and thus giving the dark back colour. The bottom of the pot would be in the open, exposed to the air allowing the iron in the clay to oxidise resulting in the bright red colour.   

Although it was over 5000 years ago, those early potters had such a deep understanding of the subtle interactions between fire and clay. Blows my mind!  

Photo credit - The Met Museum

#pottery #ceramics #history #ancientegypt #ancienthistory #arthistory
#arthistory
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Archaeology News :verified:

British archaeologists uncover lost Egyptian city of Imet with rare tower houses and temple to cobra goddess Wadjet

Archaeologists from the University of Manchester and the University of Sadat City, Egypt, uncovered the ancient Egyptian city of Imet, buried under Tell el-Fara’in—also known as Tell Nabasha—in the eastern Nile Delta...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/06/bri

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