Pyramid-era Egyptian - DNA Distance Heatmap

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Closest living people: Copts and Yemenis. Scandinavians (0.27) and Indians (0.36) before Subsaharan Africans (Dinka 0.64, Yoruba 0.68).

Egyptian Arabs from Cairo: 0.090. Behind Bedouins from Jordan, Tunisia, and Libya. Coptic Christians (0.056) are the last genetic link to pharaonic Egypt.

Genetic similarity does not necessarily mean direct ancestry.

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Herodotus describes Egyptians as dark-skinned with woolly/curly hair. Diodorus Siculus noted that Kemetic priests explicitly traced their civilization, culture, and script upriver to Nubia.

Herodotus (c. 484–425 BCE). Known as the "Father of History," he was an ancient Greek traveler who spent extended time in Kemet during the 5th century BCE, recording detailed firsthand observations of its people, religion, and culture.

Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE). A Greek historian who wrote the massive 40-book world history Bibliotheca Historica, drawing on extensive research, Egyptian temple archives, and Alexandrian scholars.

Eyewitnesses from antiquity placed Kemet's roots firmly in the Nile corridor. Primary sources over internet myths and misrepresentation of DNA data.

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And why do we believe an ancient historian on the events that happened more than 2000 years before him?

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It's not only that, it corresponds with linguistic and archaeological evidence.

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If that's the case, you should've provide them first.