Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies preserved for 5,000 years smell “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”, according to scientists who ...

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

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

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