#24 Peer Reviewed: Egyptian Mummies has Sub-Saharan African Affinities (Kieta, 2022)

In timely peer-reviewed data dealing with Egyptian mummies and their ethnic affiliations with sub-Saharan Africa biological anthropologist Keita states

"More importantly, it provides the impetus for additional exploration. Where and when did it get into Nile Valley and then into a royal lineage? There are our ancestors and our genes’ ancestors. Analysis of the short tandem repeat (STR) data published on Ramesses III and the Amarna ancient royal family (including Tutankhamun) showed a majority to have an affinity with “sub-Saharan” Africans in one affinity analysis,102 which does not mean that they lacked other affiliations—an important point that typological thinking obscures". (Keita, 2022: 108).

Source: https://egyptianexpedition.org/search/Keita