If there's DNA to be found, I'm going to find it. Even in France - where direct-to-consumer DNA testing is outlawed, the DNA tourist can still "find" DNA (or as its spelled in French, "ADN") if you keep a keen eye out for it. In the photo at the left, I'm pointing to graffiti on a van that says "KENY ADN" which reminded us of our dearly departed friend and ISOGG co-founder, Kenny Hedgpeth.
Les Catacombes
There's definitely LOTS of DNA to be seen in the French Catacombes. According to the English-speaking tour guide who was in the catacombs during our visit, a policeman came up with the idea of moving Parisian cemeteries to an abandoned mine, similar to the Roman catacombs. The plan came into action when in 1780, a cemetery caved in. Six million people were moved to the catacombs including Madame De Pompadour and the man who wrote "Little Red Riding Hood". When the graves were moved, they did not keep track of who was in what grave because they were in a hurry to move the bodies in case of more cave-ins. They did group the bones by which cemetery they were in though. Les Catacombes are definitely worth the visit for the DNA aficionado. 
The Louvre
Nearly every tourist to Paris visits The Louvre to see the Mona Lisa (which is much smaller in person than appears on TV) but if you're into DNA, then there are other sections of The Louvre that you definitely must visit. And here's a tip for bypassing the long entry lines outside: if you enter The Louvre underground via the shopping mall/Metro train entrance, you will be under the glass pyramid. There are self-serve ticket kiosks all around with virtually no lines.
Not much appears to be known about the Egyptian mummy in the Louvre other than its a man who lived during the Ptolemaic Period.
Nearly every tourist to Paris visits The Louvre to see the Mona Lisa (which is much smaller in person than appears on TV) but if you're into DNA, then there are other sections of The Louvre that you definitely must visit. And here's a tip for bypassing the long entry lines outside: if you enter The Louvre underground via the shopping mall/Metro train entrance, you will be under the glass pyramid. There are self-serve ticket kiosks all around with virtually no lines.
Not much appears to be known about the Egyptian mummy in the Louvre other than its a man who lived during the Ptolemaic Period.
Also in The Louvre in the Thebes exhibit section is the mummified head of a man. From a nearby sign in English, "The tomb complex of Petamenophis - The coffin of Petamenophis and those of thirteen of his relatives were found in a Ramesside tomb on the Theban west bank."
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