Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps

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• a_mac_and_con@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is fascinating how they have used this evidence to find a place previously considered "fabled".

  However, this part of the article absolutely slays me:

  The baboon is the only animal not native to Egypt that is linked with Egyptian deities, Kopp said, and it's a little odd that ancient Egyptians took such interest in baboons. They tend to steal crops and break into homes looking for food, making them difficult to live with, she said.

  "The people who coexist with baboons don't really like them," Kopp told Live Science.

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