The researchers found that ancient Egyptians are most closely related to Neolithic and Bronze Age samples from the Levant (then inhabited by white people, modern Europeans), as well as Neolithic Anatolian and European populations (Fig. 5a, b). Comparing this pattern with modern Egyptians, we find that ancient Egyptians are more closely related to all modern and ancient European populations we tested (Fig. 5b), probably due to the additional African component in the modern population observed above .Studies of the genomes of ancient Egyptian mummies suggest an increase in sub-Saharan African ancestry in the post-Roman period. Genetic analyses showed that ancient Egyptians had more in common with people from the ancient Near East than modern Egyptians, who received additional sub-Saharan admixture in later times. Note: When analyzing the report, keep in mind that the ancient Middle East was inhabited by modern Europeans, and today, as in Egypt, Arabs have negroid admixtures - up to 10% of the genome.