The sculpture — just 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall — depicts a nude man whose torso ... who may have held an ancient percussion instrument, is thus part of "the long Egyptian tradition ...

The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

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