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"from the archaeological site of Abusir el-Meleq, along the Nile River in Middle Egypt" If they are from Lower Egypt that might be "Asiatics" Hyksos dynasty. F
by nivertech 9y ago
"from the archaeological site of Abusir el-Meleq, along the Nile River in Middle Egypt"
If they are from Lower Egypt that might be "Asiatics" Hyksos dynasty. From the map Abusir el-Meleq seems to be much closer to Lower (i.e. Northern part of) Egypt.
- owlmirror 9y agoUnlikely. The first sample is from around 1400 BCE. The last king of the Hyksos dynasty was expelled 1550 BCE. Their samples go to 400 CE. They did conclude a continuity of the population for the whole time. If these were really foreigners the must have came in at a steady stream for over 1300 years, with no local intermixing.