Thousands of years later, embalmed bodies still retain their scents. An international team of researchers has studied them to better understand the processes and products used.

Scientists have finally uncovered the long-lost scent of Ancient Egyptian mummies! Using advanced chemical analysis, researchers have identified the exact fragrances used in burial rituals over 3,000 ...

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Scientists studied the scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing embalming materials and conservation effects.

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Nearly two decades ago, the rumors began: In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, someone had discovered a tiny mummified alien. Two earthquakes shook India in quick succession. The first, a 4.0 ...

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 ...

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

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A team has carried out a new study, with the help of both human noses and scientific tools, to work out how a group of ...

Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...