The Crick Institute’s ancient genomics laboratory and the ancient DNA facility at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization represent two institutional nodes from which future research will radiate.

Additional laboratories with the expertise and equipment for this work are developing across the world, and the increasing affordability of sequencing technology means that projects that required exceptional resources a decade ago can now be attempted with more modest institutional support.

The specific goals that researchers have identified for future work include:

Expanding geographic coverage: Sites across Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, and the Nile Delta represent different ecological, cultural, and historical contexts.

Ancient DNA from individuals at sites like Abydos (one of Egypt’s oldest royal burial centers), Elephantine (a frontier community near Nubia), or Tell el-Dab’a (the capital of the Hyksos in the Delta) would reveal aspects of Egyptian population history that NUE001 alone cannot address.