Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the ...

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

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

The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, involved sniffing nine mummies, some dating back ...

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

A team has carried out a new study, with the help of both human noses and scientific tools, to work out how a group of ...

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

Researchers studying ancient mummies were able to determine the odors of them. The team assessed smells of the mummies at a ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from University College London and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, revealing new det ...

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

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient ...