Scholars have long believed that ancient Egypt was a genetic stew of
ethnicity, as the fabled kingdom was both a center of international
trade and often the victim of foreign invasions.

Now, new evidence suggests that may have been true even in the upper
echelons of society, according to researchers who have used a blend of
art and science to re-create what the ancients looked like in real life.

They have used CAT scans to model the skulls of seven mummies from
various museums, including one unveiled yesterday at Philadelphia’s
Academy of Natural Science