Mitogenomic diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light on early Egyptian practices
Mitogenomic diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light on early Egyptian practices
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圣鹮木乃伊的线粒体基因组多样性揭示了埃及早期的习俗
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2019
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通讯作者：
D. Lambert
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S. Wasef;Sankar Subramanian;R. O’Rorke;L. Huynen;Samia El;Caitlin Curtis;Alex Popinga;B. Holland;S. Ikram;C. Millar;E. Willerslev;D. Lambert
埃及的古老地下墓穴中有数百万保存完好的木乃伊圣朱鹭（Aprikiornis aethiopicus），其历史可以追溯到公元前600年。虽然人们知道有大量的这些“还愿”木乃伊被献给了埃及神透特，但古埃及人如何获得数百万只这些鸟用于木乃伊制作仍然没有得到解决。古埃及的文字证据表明，它们可能是在专门的大规模农场中饲养的。为了调查祭司们最有可能使用的方法来确保鸟类的木乃伊化，我们报告了对2500年前埋葬的14具神圣朱鹭木乃伊的完整线粒体基因组的第一次研究。我们分析和比较了圣朱鹭木乃伊之间的有丝分裂基因组多样性，发现在现代圣朱鹭种群从整个非洲。古代鸟类显示出与现代非洲种群中确定的遗传变异相当的高水平遗传变异，与古代象形文字（或古代著作）中关于祭祀鸟类的集中工业规模养殖的建议相反。这表明，野生圣朱鹭的持续短期驯服是为了满足每年的仪式需求。
The ancient catacombs of Egypt harbor millions of well-preserved mummified Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) dating from ∼600BC. Although it is known that a very large number of these ‘votive’ mummies were sacrificed to the Egyptian God Thoth, how the ancient Egyptians obtained millions of these birds for mummification remains unresolved. Ancient Egyptian textual evidences suggest they may have been raised in dedicated large-scale farms. To investigate the most likely method used by the priests to secure birds for mummification, we report the first study of complete mitochondrial genomes of 14 Sacred Ibis mummies interred ∼2500 years ago. We analysed and compared the mitogenomic diversity among Sacred Ibis mummies to that found in modern Sacred Ibis populations from throughout Africa. The ancient birds show a high level of genetic variation comparable to that identified in modern African populations, contrary to the suggestion in ancient hieroglyphics (or ancient writings) of centralized industrial scale farming of sacrificial birds. This suggests a sustained short-term taming of the wild Sacred Ibis for the ritual yearly demand.
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9.8
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Carpenter, Meredith L.;Buenrostro, Jason D.;Bustamante, Carlos D.
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Bustamante, Carlos D.