JK2888 - A man buried in Egypt in the Iron Age era
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A man buried in Egypt during the The Ptolemaic Dynasty
A fragment of the ancient world, preserved across millennia in strands of DNA.
The biological and cultural markers that define this ancient individual
JK2888
151 BCE - 23 BCE
The Ptolemaic Dynasty
Male
U6a2-a*
E-V22
Farmer (AI estimate, era-typical)
Where this individual was discovered
When this individual lived in the broader context of human history
The narrative of this ancient life
The Ptolemaic Dynasty was the Macedonian-ruled dynasty that controlled Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great’s successor systems, continuing until Egypt became part of the Roman world.
Egypt’s Ptolemaic economy continued to depend on the Nile’s predictable seasonal flooding and the extensive irrigation required to farm the Valley and Delta. Water management and canal networks supported grain production, while the deserts and Red Sea routes influenced travel and resource extraction. Major urban centers and temple complexes were distributed in ways that reflected both agricultural geography and trade access.
From 305 to 30 BCE, the dynasty developed governance structures that drew on Hellenistic traditions while managing a deeply rooted Egyptian institutional landscape. Royal power was expressed through architecture, monumental art, and religious patronage, and administration relied on bureaucratic processes that integrated local realities.
The dynasty’s end came with Roman conquest, after which the Roman government inherited many existing infrastructures and land-management systems.
These comparisons show genetic similarity, not identity or origin. The populations listed are those whose genomes show statistical alignment to this ancient individual.
Similarity reflects shared history, not shared identity. These are analytical comparisons, not claims about who this person was.
This analysis compares the DNA profile with present-day reference populations, showing statistical similarity to modern reference populations from different regions. The excavation site records where this individual was found, not a fixed modern genetic identity.
These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A man buried in Egypt in the Iron Age era, ranked by genetic distance. Lower distance values indicate closer statistical similarity. Cross-region similarity can reflect shared ancestry, population movement, continuity, or later admixture.
This individual exists within a broader network of ancient samples. No ancient genome stands alone.
| Sample ID | Culture/Period | Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JK2134 | Third Intermediate Period in Egypt | 787 BCE | Abusir-el Meleq, Egypt | View |
| JK2911 | Third Intermediate Period in Egypt | 779 BCE | Abusir-el Meleq, Egypt | View |
| JK2888 | The Ptolemaic Dynasty | 151 BCE | Abusir-el Meleq, Egypt | View |
| Sample ID | Culture/Period | Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JK2888 | The Ptolemaic Dynasty | 151 BCE | Abusir-el Meleq, Egypt | View |
Scientific publications and genetic data that inform this profile.
Egypt, located on the isthmus of Africa, is an ideal region to study historical population dynamics due to its geographic location and documented interactions with ancient civilizations in Africa, Asia and Europe. Particularly, in the first millennium BCE Egypt endured foreign domination leading to growing numbers of foreigners living within its borders possibly contributing genetically to the local population. Here we present 90 mitochondrial genomes as well as genome-wide data sets from three individuals obtained from Egyptian mummies. 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. This analysis establishes ancient Egyptian mummies as a genetic source to study ancient human history and offers the perspective of deciphering Egypt's past at a genome-wide level.
These coordinates represent a position in genetic space, a tool for comparison, not a conclusion. You can use these to perform custom admixture analysis in G25 Studio.
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