Egyptian mummies, that have been entombed for hundreds, and even thousands of years, still smell ‘fresh’, scientists examining the ancient mummified remains of Egyptian royals, have discovered.

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 ...

Unwrapping the Scent of a Mummy Researchers from the University College London and University of Ljubljana, working with conservators and curators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, deployed a variety ...

Dead bodies aren’t typically known for smelling good, but according to a new study, the carefully embalmed bodies of ancient Egyptian mummies are an exception. The study, published in the Journal of ...

LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually smell pretty good. “In films and books, terrible things happen to those ...

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not ...

Scientists have determined that Egyptian mummies, some up to 5,000 years old, emit aromas described as woody, spicy, and sweet. The pleasant smells, linked to sophisticated embalming methods, ...

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 ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...