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Chapter 15: DNA Down the Rabbit Hole
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Chapter 16: Spare Ribs and Hand Kebabs
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Afterword: A Brief Window
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INDEX
Abd el-Rassul family, 5, 9–12, 18–19, 24
Abdalla, Ali, 93–95
ABO blood group system, 90, 120–121, 120(fn). See also Blood groups
Abu Simbel, 112
Aflatoxin, 142–143
African heritage, Tutankhamun’s, 136
Afterlife: mummification process, 81
Agglutination technique, 103
Ahmed, Samir, 119
Ahmed, Soheir, 108, 118–121, 135
Ahmose I, 13, 20, 115, 127, 135
Ahmose-Nefertari, 13, 17, 30–31, 135, 175–176, 176(fn)
Akhenaten
Amenhotep III, Yuya, and Tjuiu blood group data, 109
biblical connections, 127, 130
building construction, 214
DNA analysis of Tutankhamun and others, 188
identifying the KV55 mummy, 85, 192–193
medical condition, 189–190
Meritaten, 92
Obama and, 137
reburial of, 29
revolt, 27–29
skull dimensions, 72
Akhmim mummies, 132
Alcott, Louisa May, 53
Aldred, Cyril, 190
Aliens, 140
Amarna cache, 29
Carter and Carnarvon’s search near, 31, 35
destruction of the mummy, 63
excavation of, 25–29
identity of the mummy, 85
skull dimensions, 72
Smith’s analysis of, 65
See also KV55
Amduat, Book of, 56–57
Amenhotep I, 13, 20, 93, 135
Amenhotep II, 22, 117–118
Amenhotep III
architecture and engineering at Karnak, 180–181
Ay and, 146
cephalometric studies, 115
DNA research on Tutankhamun and family, 185, 187–188
Egypt’s strength under, 27
identification of, 117, 244
splendor of the temple, 11, 11(fn)
Tiye and, 25
X-ray data, 120
Amenhotep IV. See Akhenaten
Amulets, 68–69
Amun, 180
Amun-Ra, 27
Animal attack causing death, 220–222
Ankhesenamun, 72, 77, 146–147, 236–237
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), 162
Antiquities. See Artifacts
Antiquities trade, 8–10, 98
Antley-Bixler syndrome, 190, 193
Anubis, 37, 50, 62, 75–76
Applied Biosystems, 173–174
Archived information, 33–34
Artifacts
Abd el-Rassul find, 12–13
annex, 77–79
appearance on the international market, 9
autopsy of Tutankhamun, 66–68, 71–72
ceramics, 35
DNA lab and the Hatshepsut project, 172–173
embalming materials, 36
modern traveling exhibition, 163
mummy of Tutankhamun, 66–67
removal during World War II, 85–86
Seti’s tomb, 8
theft of, 102(fn)
trumpets, 85–86
Tutankhamun’s tomb, 39–40, 42, 49
See also Looting
Arts and Exhibitions International (AEI), 162
Artwork, 28, 34
Ashrafian, Hutan, 243
Aspergillus fungus, 142–143
The Assassination of King Tut (film), 148–149
Aswan High Dam, 112
Aten (sun disc), 27, 214
Atomic Energy Authority (UK), 102
Auroch, 220
Autopsy, 57(fn), 63–74, 140(fn)
Ay, 56, 146–147, 214, 236, 244
Baboon, 114
Bacteria, ancient DNA from, 202
Badeir, Saleh, 151–153
Baker, Brenda, 192
Barnes, Ian, 198, 202–203, 210
Bat guano, 141–143
el-Batrawi, Ahmed, 109, 118–119
Battle scenes, 213–215, 221
BBC, 94, 94(fn), 104, 224
Begin, Menachem, 122(fn)
Belzoni, Giovanni, 7–8
Bethell, Richard, 144
Bib, beaded, 97, 159, 219
Biban el-Moluk (Valley of the Kings). See Valley of the Kings
The Bible, The Qur’an and Science (Bucaille), 127