Feb. 14, 2025 — Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study, revealing new details about mumification ... Feb. 5, 2025 — Where lies the origin of ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...

They found that when birds evolve ... Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies Smell 'Woody,' 'Spicy' and 'Sweet' Feb. 14, 2025 — Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet ...

A unique opportunity to test ancient Egyptian perfumes is underway in an exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir ...

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 ...

Rediscovered some 200 years ago, the ancient Egyptian temple of Esna has held 2,000-year-old secrets in its walls that are just now seeing the light of day. Thanks to an ambitious restoration project ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Scientists sniffed ancient Egyptian mummified bodies for a new study published in the Journal of the ...

The missing tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II has been unearthed. It is the first royal tomb discovery in over 100 years, since the unveiling of King Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922.

MIRANDA KRESTOVNIKOFF: According to ancient Egyptian myths, there was once, in the middle of eternal darkness, an endless ocean of lifeless water. Out of this ocean sprang the first mound of earth ...

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 ...

Abdelrazek Elnaggar Mummification was a sacred—and fragrant—practice for ushering ancient Egyptian elite into the afterlife. For thousands of years, from roughly 2600 B.C.E. until the Arab ...

head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector and project co-lead, said in a statement. But despite the flooding, the vault wasn’t devoid of artifacts—and what archeologists found actually ...