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

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

Explore the surprising scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing woody and sweet notes that defy expectations.

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

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

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...

How do you create an exhibition geared specifically for children? This is the question that preoccupies curators at east London’s Young V&A, where the second temporary exhibition since the 2023 revamp ...

Egyptian artifacts, dinosaur fossils and taxidermy mounts headline eccentric items at SkullStore Oddity Shop and Prehistoria ...

A delicate operation to return an Egyptian mummy and a sarcophagus to Cairo cost University College Cork more than €34,000.

Exhibitions offer a wealth of artifacts from the Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian ... vast collection at this underrated museum. Others recommended seeing the Sarcophagus of Alexander, a highlight ...

Emma Paolin, PhD student at University of Ljubljana, and prof. dr. Abdelrazek Elnaggar, University of Ljubljana and Ain Shams University in Egypt, sampling the within a sarcophagus in the exhibition ...