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Studies on the remains of ordinary ancient Egyptians in a cemetery in Tell el-Amarna showed that many of them suffered from anaemia, fractured bones, stunted growth and high juvenile mortality rates, according to professors Barry Kemp and Jerome Rose, who led the research.
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Kemp, director of the Amarna Project which seeks in part to increase public knowledge of Tell el-Amarna and the surrounding region, said little attention had been given to the cemeteries of ordinary ancient Egyptians.
"A very large number of ordinary cemeteries have been excavated, but just for the objects and very little attention has been paid for the human remain," he said.
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Kemp said he believed further excavations in Tell el-Amarna would "firm-up" the conclusions of his team.
"We are seeing a more realistic picture of what life was like," he said.