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Age at death from a cemetery at Saqqara
(mainly New Kingdom, about 1550-1069 BC)
There are not many published studies of the human remains (skeletal or
mummified) found at cemeteries looking for the 'average' population. The
following chart gives statistics for age from the human remains found in
one excavation at Saqqara.
|
Age group
|
Male
|
Female
|
Unknown
|
Total
|
%
|
|
<1
|
.
|
.
|
1
|
1
|
1.07
|
|
1-5
|
.
|
..
|
6
|
6
|
6.45
|
|
6-11
|
.
|
.
|
9
|
9
|
9.68
|
|
12-17
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
9.68
|
|
18-25
|
3
|
11
|
1
|
15
|
16.13
|
|
26-35
|
7
|
5
|
..
|
12
|
12.90
|
|
36-45
|
9
|
7
|
2
|
18
|
19.35
|
|
46+
|
7
|
6
|
..
|
13
|
13.98
|
|
unknown
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
10
|
10.75
|
|
Totals
|
30
|
33
|
30
|
93
|
....
|
Bentley in Sowada/Callaghan/Bentley 1999: 94
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