Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies discovered that they smell good. The team was studying nine mummies, ...

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

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

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...

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

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

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

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

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies preserved for 5,000 years smell “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”, according to scientists who ...

This new data offers clues about the materials used in mummification and how practices and ingredients evolved.

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 ...