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

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient ...

The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, involved sniffing nine mummies, some dating back ...

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

A new study has uncovered the "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, shedding light on the ...

A new study has revealed what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like – and the results might surprise you. Researchers from UCL ...