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They are descendants of the ancient Egyptians, but with a great deal of DNA from other people mixed in. Egypt conquered various neighboring lands, and were in turn conquered by Greeks, Romans, Ottoman Turks, and others. So it is with any great civilization.
It turns out that, on a genetic level, the ancient Egyptians have a lot in common with modern people living in the Near East. The researchers also found that modern Egyptians had about eight percent more ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa than the three ancient mummies with the more complete genomes.
Who are the descendants of ancient Egypt?
Originally Answered: Are there any descendants of the ancient Egyptians? Yes. At least 90\% of people in Egypt today are Ethnic Egyptians (including Egyptians with some Non-Egyptian ancestors), and the other 10\% are either Arabs, Jews, or other Non-Egyptian peoples, with the majority of these being Arab.
How closely related are ancient Egyptians to other races of people?
And they added: “We find that ancient Egyptians are most closely related to Neolithic and Bronze Age samples in the Levant, as well as to Neolithic Anatolian and European populations.
Are ancient Egyptians of Middle Eastern ancestry?
The samples recovered from Middle Egypt span around 1,300 years of ancient Egyptian history from the New Kingdom to the Roman Period. Our analyses reveal that ancient Egyptians shared more ancestry with Near Easterners than present-day Egyptians, who received additional sub-Saharan admixture in more recent times.
Is Egypt becoming more European through time?
“People expected that through time, Egypt would become more European, but we see the exact opposite.” Modern Egyptians were found to “inherit 8\% more ancestry from African ancestors” than the mummies studied.
Where did the ancient Egyptians come from?
At the 1974 UNESCO conference, most participants concluded that the ancient Egyptian population was indigenous to the Nile Valley, and was made up of people from north and south of the Sahara who were differentiated by their color.