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

Study published in Journal of the American Chemical Society used both chemical analysis and panel of human sniffers to ...

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

Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies discovered that they smell good. The team was studying nine mummies, ...

Have you ever wondered what mummies smell like? A team of researchers from England has addressed this question. The answers from specially trained ...

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 ...

Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes Sonja Anderson A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody ...

A new study has revealed what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like – and the results might surprise you. Researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana looked into details about ...

It is a mask for a rich ancient Egyptian. This mask was put on top of a mummy's bandages to protect the head. This is a blue glazed shabti figure of a pharaoh called Sety I. A shabti is a little ...

The Royal mummies of pharaohs were received at the entrance ... Women dressed in beautiful ensembles, resembling ancient Egyptian courtiers were lined in queues holding flowers to welcome the ...