they studied nine mummies on display and in storage at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. The results, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, offer a fresh perspective on ancient ...

The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to around 3500 B.C., well before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient ...

Researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana have analyzed the aromas of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies, uncovering details about embalming materials and conservation techniques. This ...

Egyptian mummies, that have been entombed for hundreds, and even thousands of years, still smell ‘fresh’, scientists examining the ancient mummified remains of Egyptian royals, have discovered.

I was asked by the University of Ljubljana, in association with the University of Krakow and the Egyptian Museum in ... it would be like to smell these ancient bodies. However, you'd be forgiven for ...

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 smell pretty good. “In films and ...

Scientists analyzed the odors of ancient Egyptian mummies. And it turned out that everything is not as horrible as it is shown in movies and described in books. The researchers found that Egyptian ...

Fascinated by ancient artifacts, she seized the opportunity to study the mysterious mummy bundle, eventually developing an agreement with the USU ... placing the artifact firmly in ancient Egyptian ...

Using a combination of high-tech tools like an electronic ‘nose’ and trained human sniffers, they studied nine mummies on display and in storage at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. The results, published in ...