Experts Conduct First Comprehensive Study on Smell of Mummies, Results Indicate the Remains’ Link to God Ancient Egyptian ...

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 […] ...

We now know what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like, thanks to new research that deployed a team of trained 'sniffers'. And ...

Explore the surprising scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing woody and sweet notes that defy expectations.

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.

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

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 ...

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

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