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Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy

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The ancient mummy was an adult male, sourced from the Museo Egizio in Turin , Italy .

Radiocarbon-dating techniques place the mummy as having lived somewhere around Egypt 's New Kingdom era, between 1686-1449 BC .

The team is now using that viral DNA map to explore how Yersinia pestis evolved between its time in ancient Egypt , the Middle Ages and the modern day.

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