According to the researchers who have worked with them, not all that bad. They’ve used descriptors like woody, spicy, and ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people might expect. Instead of the musty odor often associated with old tombs and artifacts, many mummies give off surprisingly pleasant ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

Both the mummies and 3D models and prints of the scans will be on display at the California Science Center’s upcoming ...

Khaberni - Researchers have succeeded in solving a mystery that has long intrigued scientists around the world, concerning the unique scent of ancient Egyptian mummies, through a modern scientific ...

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

Learn how advancements in CT scanner technology is helping to unwrap the lives of ancient Egyptian mummies without even ...

What did ancient Egypt really smell like? Not just how it looked or sounded, but how it felt to stand near a royal burial.

Doctors used CT scans to study ancient Egyptian mummies, uncovering injuries, aging, and personal details without disturbing ...

SAQQARA, Egypt — More than 2,600 years since they were buried, archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country's capital ...

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain - Analysis revealed facial features, including shapes of eyelids and lower lips of mummies ...