Scientists want you to smell ancient Egyptian mummies

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...
Ancient Origins

Scans of 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummies Reveal Priestly Ailments

In Nes-Min’s case, CT scanning revealed a collapsed lumbar vertebra - an injury pattern that suggests age-related wear and tear and likely long-term discomfort. According to Summer Decker, head of 3D ...
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2,000-Year-Old Mummies Show Ancient Egyptians Had Back and Hip Pain, Too

Learn how advancements in CT scanner technology is helping to unwrap the lives of ancient Egyptian mummies without even ...
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Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, From Orange Peels to Pine to Incense

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the inclination—to smell the aromas wafting off the gilded sarcophagi and elaborately ...
Greek Reporter

CT Scans Reveal the Health and Lives of Ancient Egyptian Priests

CT scans used by Keck Medicine of USC have revealed health secrets in two ancient Egyptian priests, offering insight into ...

Mummies of the World at the California Science Center

Gayle Anderson previews the new California Science Center exhibition Mummies of the World. Explore more than 30-naturally and ...

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show Egyptian lived with back pain

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain - Analysis revealed facial features, including ...
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Newly found tomb in Egypt houses 30 ancient mummies

CAIRO — A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of ...