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

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...

“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.

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Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains in museums ... It cites the British Museum, Natural History Museum and several universities among the offenders, and claims they represent ...

Despite the clear and present danger of being cancelled, I have to fess up that I‘d never heard of the all-party ...

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...

A new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana reveals that ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" scents, providing new insights into ...

This mummy provides a unique window into the funerary practices during the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egypt. It is currently housed at the Egypt Museum in Cairo. The complex arrangement of ...