Wednesday, January 6, 1999

Can DNA locate pharaoh's own ?

There are plenty of fairly well preserved Egyptian mummies, already

    objects of medical research . Many of these mummies were the most

    exalted rulers of their day , a few vainglorious conquerors .And many

    of them reproduced royally; one pharaoh, I read, fathered nearly 100

    children.

         I wonder if modern " miracle " DNA testing of the present Egyptian

    population - especially the people whose features recall the ancient

    Egyptian as pictured on those colossal buildings near the Valley of

    the Dead - can establish definite kinship  with old dynasties.

         I don't know what good would come from such an ambitious

    genealogical project : Could some obscure Egyptian citizen claim

    King Tut's wealth ? Perhaps there would be a new version of " The Mummy's

    Curse " !

            Now if some of those mummies can be cloned ?

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