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

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

When journalist Peter Greste was languishing in a Cairo prison cell, he could little imagine that one day, Richard Roxburgh ...

Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...

The team’s approach could inspire museums to entertain visitors with odorous features such as smellscapes. In fact, the ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

Learn how unpacking olfactory elements helps researchers understand mummy preservation techniques, and how you could one day ...

The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

The analysis provided new insights into the materials ancient Egyptians used for embalming, revealing how these practices ...

A crumb of bread entombed thousands of years ago alongside an ancient Egyptian mummy has been discovered among a collection ...

The Egyptian Engineers Syndicate has launched an initiative to contribute to the reconstruction of Gaza. The syndicate held ...