The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify their dead, but they practically perfected the practice by ...

The scents wafting off an ancient corpse do not seem like they would smell all that pleasant. But researchers got a whiff of well-preserved Egyptian mummies and discovered that they actually have ...

Scientists studied the scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing embalming materials and conservation effects.

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.

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies are a well known part of human history, but now new research has 'scent' the study of mummies to another level. Using the help of both human noses and scientific ...

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 smell pretty good. “In films and ...

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 ...

There is a certain internal logic to making mummies smell good. Their creators didn’t want the dearly departed to carry their funk into the afterlife. “To the ancient Egyptians, mummification was an ...

Mainly, the mummies smelled woody, sweet and spicy, but they also gave off a whiff of incense and plants, which were used for preservation in Ancient Egypt. More offputtingly, the mummies were ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...

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 ...