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A new USC study reveals a dramatic surge in building collapses in the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria, directly ...

Study shows mummification process left preserved remains smelling sweet and woody In a nutshell Ancient Egyptian mummies emit ...

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

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

Built for Pharaoh Khufu, the Great Pyramid’s secrets are still being uncovered. Discover the mystery behind Egypt’s most ...

After a wait of more than two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed visitors into 12 of its galleries – Tamara Davison travels to Cairo to find out if the treasures within are enough to enti ...

Uunfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell after death brought people closer to the gods, the mummies' aromas now have faint notes of cheese, vomit and urine.

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

Have you ever wondered what a mummy smells like? According to research reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, it’s “woody,” “spicy,” and even “sweet.” Researchers analyzed the ...

Fruit baskets -with fruit still inside- that are more than 2,200 years old were found in Heracleion, the ancient underwater city of Egypt.

In a Polish forest, metal detectorists discovered a Roman spatha sword, dating back over 1,700 years, near Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The sword, broken in two, might have been used by Vandal warriors ...