In Photos: Ancient Egyptian Skeletons Unearthed

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By Tia Ghose
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Unearthing graves

excavating-cemetery

(Image credit: The Amarna Project)

But because so few cemeteries for lower-class Egyptians have been unearthed, it's difficult to say whether these hardscrabble conditions were unique to Amarna or prevalent throughout ancient Egypt.

Tia Ghose
Tia Ghose
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Tia is the managing editor and was previously a senior writer for Live Science. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Wired.com and other outlets. She holds a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington, a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Tia was part of a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that published the Empty Cradles series on preterm births, which won multiple awards, including the 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.