At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in ...

Oils, waxes, and balms preserved the body and ensured the spirit’s journey, with pleasant aromas signifying purity ...

Some of the mummies evaluated for their scents were 5,000 years old. Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

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 ...

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

The research team explained that smell was a key consideration for the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, as ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Ancient disease discovered in DNA of Egyptian mummyEgyptian mummies embalmed in scented oils and waxes for their journey to ...

Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.

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