Malaria Also Killed Ancient Egyptians

Two mummies of Egyptians who died very young, about 3 and a half millennia ago, were unearthed from a nameless tomb in Thebes, once a great necropolis and capital city of Egypt. DNA techniques used by the researchers enabled them to find out that the 2 people were killed by malaria, which pu... [ read more >> ]

Malaria was found in this ancient Thebes mummy

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Malaria was found in this ancient Thebes mummy