For decades, scientists have been performing every imaginable test to uncover how ancient Egyptian mummies were embalmed, ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have ...

Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the ...

Fruit baskets -with fruit still inside- that are more than 2,200 years old were found in Heracleion, the ancient underwater city of Egypt.

According to the researchers, the intensity of the smell on the ancient Egyptian mummies varied from one specimen to the ...

Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies preserved for 5,000 years smell “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”, according to scientists who ...

A new study has revealed what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like – and the results might surprise you. Researchers from UCL ...

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The analysis provided new insights into the materials ancient Egyptians used for embalming, revealing how these practices ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse ...