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Scent was an important consideration in the mummification ... a glass case reduces the experience because we don’t get to smell them. We don’t get to know about the mummification process ...

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