The scents wafting off an ancient corpse do not seem like they would smell all that pleasant. But researchers got a whiff of ...

Without sampling the mummies themselves, which would be invasive, researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana in ...

The scents wafting off an ancient corpse do not seem like they would smell all that pleasant. But researchers got […] ...

Thousands of years later, embalmed bodies still retain their scents. An international team of researchers has studied them to ...

The analysis provided new insights into the materials ancient Egyptians used for embalming, revealing how these practices ...

Scientists studied the scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing embalming materials and conservation effects.

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

Researchers find that aromatic resins used in mummification continue to produce sweet, woody, and spicy scents.

A man who set a fire in the crypt of St Michan's Church in Dublin, which caused damage to mummified remains, has been jailed ...

The team’s approach could inspire museums to entertain visitors with odorous features such as smellscapes. In fact, the ...

Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...