“Ancient Rome was a city of immigrants, like New York: it was from the beginning a crossroads of civilizations, with Anatolian, Iranian and Ukrainian ethnicities, traced in the genetic profile of its first inhabitants, thanks to the analysis of the DNA from 29 archaeological sites, which allowed to reconstruct 12,000 years of migrations. The discovery, to which Science magazine dedicates the cover, is due to the international group coordinated by Alfredo Coppa , physical anthropologist of the Sapienza University of Rome, Ron Pinhasi , anthropologist of the University of Vienna, and by Jonathan Pritchard , geneticist and biologist of the American University of Stanford. Great Italian participation, with numerous universities, archaeological superintendencies and ministry of cultural heritage.”
Ani’s soul, represented by Ba-bird (a bird with a human head), observes as Anubis weighs Ani’s heart against the feather of Maat, the goddess of balance and justice, detail from the Papyrus of Ani.
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC. Now in the British Museum.
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An Egyptian-German archaeological mission
led by
German Egyptologist
Horig Sourouzian
has uncovered a huge statue of the ancient Egyptian God Horus,
lord of the sun and patron deity of kingship, on the West Bank of Luxor. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement on Thursday, 19th December 2019.
“The mission found big part of the statue during the excavations work
among the ruins
of the Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III, also known as the Temple of Millions of Years
in Kom El Hitan” said Fathi Yassin, Director General of West Bank Antiquities in Luxor.
