Islamic archaeology. Researcher preparing to take samples from a dead body that is over 1000 years old. This body is from the Al-Fustat necropolis in Cairo,Egypt,where members of the Fatimid dynasty were buried. The Fatimids,a Shiite Muslim dynasty that ruled a large North African empire from 909 to 1171,founded a new capital city of Al-Qahira (Cairo) in 972. Some of the bodies in Cairo were brought from the previous capital in Tunisia. Many of the bodies are well-preserved,having mummified naturally. This research is using genetic analysis to study the origins of the Fatimids,including family relationships,and to explain why some of them had blond hair | |
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