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

Study published in Journal of the American Chemical Society used both chemical analysis and panel of human sniffers to ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse ...

Researchers sniffed ancient Egyptian mummies, for science. Here’s what they smell like - The scientists were ‘surprised’ at ...

Researchers studying ancient mummies were able to determine the odors of them. The team assessed smells of the mummies at a ...

A Whiff of History Revealed" In a spellbinding revelation, scientists have delved into the scents lingering within the ancient tombs of Egypt, unearthing an olfactory treasure trove that defies the ...

Abdelrazek Elnaggar Mummification was a sacred—and fragrant—practice for ushering ancient Egyptian elite into the afterlife. For thousands of years, from roughly 2600 B.C.E. until the Arab ...

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 ...

What was Egypt like under Roman rule? How was it different or similar to the time the Greeks had ruled? One important and striking difference between Roman Egypt and Ptolemaic Egypt is that the Greeks ...