The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to around 3500 B.C., well before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient ...

Researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana have analyzed the aromas of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies, uncovering details about embalming materials and conservation techniques. This ...

Using a combination of high-tech tools like an electronic ‘nose’ and trained human sniffers, they studied nine mummies on display and in storage at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. The results ...

The scent of ancient Egyptian mummies has been unlocked thanks to pioneering smell analysis. We hear from UCL’s Dr Cecilia Bembibre about the research conducted on nine mummified bodies that ...

Who knew that ancient Egypt was full of mysteries and weird facts that continue to puzzle people to this very day?

Are these perfume descriptions? Not at all. These adjectives refer to a series of Egyptian mummies whose smells have been analyzed by an international team of researchers. The results were ...

Scientists analyzed the odors of ancient Egyptian mummies. And it turned out that everything is not as horrible as it is shown in movies and described in books. The researchers found that Egyptian ...

A discovery at Utah State University is unraveling mysteries that could have ties to ancient Egypt. Senior Sascha Baldauf is uncovering evidence that mummified ... Fascinated by ancient artifacts, she ...

A new study has uncovered the "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, shedding light on the mummification process and its evolution over time. View on euronews ...