Loading ...Egyptian Christian Woman’s DNA Traced to 2,500-Year-Old Mummy—Contrasts with Reverse Case of Netflix Narrative that Cleopatra was Black
John Mason, contributing writer, reports on how an Egyptian-Christian woman recently learned from a genetic test that her DNA tied her to a dynasty 2,500 years ago. A separate analysis of this claim suggests that such a finding is easily manipulated to create a narrative of a special national identity for a specific portion of the population. On the race-color scale, this case reverse-mirrors the Netflix narrative that Cleopatra was Black.