Hey! I hope I posted this in the right section of the forum.
I just have a little Bio-related question that's bugging me, and since I'm more an English/History type, I thought I'd come bother you Science types in order to beg for help.:wink:
This is kind of old news, but DNA testing done on this mummy that was formerly believed to be female shows that it is actually male. I've also heard that DNA testing on Egyptian mummies can be kind of sketchy though, but I thought I'd ask some of you people to see what you think.
Here's a few links in case you want to see them:* Here's the specific mummy that I'm wondering about (but for the record: I never believed that this mummy was Nefertiti.): http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/040113_...
* Here's a document about the specific DNA testing that was done: http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/040113_...
This uber simple article says that DNA testing is kind of unreliable ( http://www.egyptologyonline.com/using_dna.htm ) but I'm wondering if they'd be likely to screw up on something as basic as sex.
Thanks for your help!