For decades, scientists have been performing every imaginable test to uncover how ancient Egyptian mummies were embalmed, ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies mostly smelled "woody,""spicy" and "sweet," according to research published in the Journal of the ...

Scientists have determined that Egyptian mummies, some up to 5,000 years old, emit aromas described as woody, spicy, and sweet. The pleasant smells, linked to sophisticated embalming methods, ...

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Ancient Egyptians associated pleasant odors not only with cleanliness and purity, but the bodies of deities themselves. Much like today, noxious smells were also reminders of bodily decay.

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

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These less pleasant odours come from the breakdown of the compounds used in the mummification process. The smell of mummified bodies was deconstructed using four expert 'sniffers', who trained for ...

Beth Tristan says that when you return home after being away, there’s a good chance your house smells weird, an adjective ...

One would expect a mummy to smell moldy, musty, and mildewy. But the first study to systematically sniff the wrapped human remains report much more pleasant scents, describing whiffs as "woody," ...