Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

Most people know what an ancient Egyptian mummy looks like, but they probably can’t tell you about how they smell. You don’t have to wait to get up-close-and-personal to one in a museum to ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ... Museum in Cairo. The researchers wanted to systematically study the smell of mummies ...

And although it costs an additional 100 Egyptian pounds (or $11) to enter, the Mummy Room should be high on your list of museum must-sees. Though the Egyptian Museum's fees are a bit steep ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ... Museum in Cairo. The researchers wanted to systematically study the smell of mummies ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ... Museum in Cairo. The researchers wanted to systematically study the smell of mummies ...