A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

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

But their scents can persist, and in the case of ancient Egyptian mummies, conservators describe those smells as pleasant ... The researchers collected air around the remains by carefully inserting a ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from University College London and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, revealing new det ...

An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler overshadowed by his powerful wife, Hatshepsut.

A mummy whose coffin was decorated with a gold mask ... and director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, said: 'To the ancient Egyptians, mummification was an important mortuary practice aimed ...

A new study has revealed what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like – and the results ... The bodies were often concealed under multiple layers of coffins (Picture: Shutterstock) Co-author ...

Most people know what an ancient Egyptian mummy looks like, but they probably can’t tell you about how they smell. You don’t have to wait to get up-close-and-personal to one in a museum to ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...